Quote Originally Posted by su_liam View Post
Pretty much any projection has that problem. It is possible to do an equidistant projection between up to two points and all other points on the map, but not a generally correct-scaled map. Assuming the planet is spherical. This is fantasy cartography after all.

On a Plate Caree map, scale will be correct N/S and along the equator. Now when it comes to the question of what projection is being used and where exactly the equator is, that's a problem most maps on this site fail to address. Including almost all of mine. Seems a little hard on LWD to isolate him out for criticism.
It wasn't intended as a criticism.

Many people here criticize maps that don't have a scale... but as you so correctly state, most large scale/world maps don't address this well. The only reason it jumped out at me is that the map (correctly IMOO) has the type of distortion I would expect to see (where most do not, and when mapped to a sphere has a noticeable pinched look).

Because of this I was wondering where the scale is accurate....may be more as a question for guidance, as I don't really have a good answer.

-Rob A>