There may also be distortions in distance and scale. In equal-area projections, the area of landmasses is preserved, but other aspects such as shape, distance, and scale can be distorted. This means that the shapes of the landmasses may not accurately represent their actual shapes on Earth, and distances between points on the map may not be correctly represented. Additionally, the scale of the map may vary throughout, with certain areas appearing larger or smaller than they actually are.
Equal-area projections of Earth are inaccurate because there are distortions near the center of the map. Additionally, directions and the shapes of the landmasses are also distorted in these projections.
