I think it is one of the curiosities of SVG. innerHTML returns html code containing <svg> tags but still you cannot place <svg> elements in html code without <embed> or some other special arrangement.
I haven't studied the subject for a while. Maybe html 5 doctype allows adding SVG elements directly into html code. That was just a wild guess but you can try it. <!DOCTYPE html> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
