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Originally Posted by privateer
Create a Test Mission in the Northern parts.
Go from point A to point B and measure the times and distances.
Do another Test mission at the Equator and measure the same.
Compare the results and see if they workout to nearly real life figures.
I'm thinking I know the answer.
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I've done this and the world is flat for time speed distance, cylindrical for navigation off the map edges, and spherical for astronomical data when assumed position is on your local meridian, and cylindrical again when your assumed position is not.
It really is just a cylinder and I will post some stuff with the equations. I already posted the links to the map projection page in my reply to vanjast above if you want to study it.
I am building the time speed distance stuff at the same time as the sunrise/sunset almanac. 1° = 120 km at any latitude E-W or N-S. Probably a week away...