Quote Originally Posted by Hai-Etlik View Post
Azimuthal projections are based on planes that just touch the globe. In math we call that "being tangent" and the point they touch is the "point of tangency"

Such projections get more distorted the further you get from that point. The details of the distortion depend on the projection.
OK got it. Yes my maps don't go over a certain scale and they are made as the center of the projection so there should be no to little distortion.