When I zoom in to an image (and it should be noted I’m scaling etc using .path, not xScale or yScale), then I see the following graphical glitch on my ipad 2 (but not in the simulator):
Note the tear in the graphics at the top of the nearest billboard above the road, a diagonal line from top left going right and a bit down.
The following 2 images are just to highlight it again, and how it isn’t a fixed angle (or I’d have just assumed it was a mistake from the 2 opposite corners of the image itself). Tearing is just above the blue line: