A town plan may be constructed as an exact scale drawing but for larger areas a map projection is necessary and "no" projection can represent the Earth's surface at a uniform scale: in general the scale of a projection depends on position and direction.
A town plan may be constructed. An exact scale drawing but for larger areas a map projection is necessary and "no" projection can represent the Earth's surface at a uniform scale. The scale of a projection depends on position and direction. This is in general.