Flat Earth vs. Globe Earth - Azimuthal Equidistant projection is not an accurate map of the earth
Channel: Night Sky Jeff
Date: 2017-11-21

NOTE: @2:05 I inexplicably say "90 degrees, 75 degrees, 105 degrees" when I meant to say "90, 105, 120".

NOTE: @5:25 I say the distance is "196 miles" instead of "896 miles".

The Azimuthal Equidistant projection/map does not accurately depict the world. It distorts size and shape more and more as you get away from the center.

Problem #1) Traversing 15 degrees of longitude at a fixed latitude north of the equator would result in a shorter distance, on the AE map, than traversing 15 degrees of longitude at that same latitude south of the equator. But repeatable, verifiable experimentation will show that those two distances are virtually identical.

Problem #2) If you face due east (90 degrees, with the aid of a compass), and put the compass in your pocket, and then begin to walk in a perfectly straight line along your original heading, and then take the compass out and look at it again, you will not be facing due east (90 degrees), unless you have been walking along the equator. In the northern hemisphere, you'll find you've started heading east-south-east; in the southern hemisphere, you've tended east-north-east. Only on the equator will your original 90 degree heading be retained. But on the AE map, the equator continually curves to the left (as you go east), so if the AE map is an accurate portrayal of the world, you'd have to keep turning slightly to your left to stay due east.