Re:Error on Google Maps (White Spot) - How can that happen?
by rorrr on Saturday September 17, 2011 @07:42PM
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If looks like there was something very bright there, probably a sun reflection, and older digital sensors have a problem with that, it's called "blooming" and "streaking". Basically the charge in one "pixel" is so high, it leaks to the neighboring pixels.
Or perhaps the home owner was sunbathing and asked Google to obfuscate for the good of mankind.
Example:
http://www.aerith.net/misao/pixy/tutorial/blooming.html