Most effective way to draw smooth animations over google maps?

I'm trying to draw an animation over google maps, hopefully using html5's canvas element. Is this possible? The animatio开发者_如何学Gon is just along the lines of moving and rotating rectangles (simulating transit flows/traffic patterns), nothing fancy, but not something I see supported directly in the google maps API.

Are there alternative map API's that may support this? Would I be better off trying to do this in google earth instead?

I'm not much of a webgeek, so I apologize if this seems like an odd question!

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Yes, you can use the HTML5 <canvas> element to draw and transform elements on top of Google Maps. You may want to check out the following Stack Overflow post for a short example showing how to rotate an icon on Google Maps using the <canvas> element:

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