Hi,

I know that any flat map is going to be distorted by virtue of being flat. What baffles me is how do I make sure that the shape I draw on my flat map is correctly distorted for the map type (in this case a completely bog standard plate caree) when I don't have a non distorted map to go from? Are there any good guides for working this out? I have a rough idea in my head how large the continents in my world are and where they are (By roughly it's like... continent sits on the equator with northernmost point just shy of the Tropic of Cancer and the southernmost extent about 53 degrees south, largest east west extent is about 5000 miles so maybe not that rough).

I have absolutely no idea if that made sense but hopefully it did.

Becky