guide to properly distorting landmasses so they look normal:
first, split your landmass into horizontal slices. if you're north of 40 degrees latitude i suggest 3 or 4 sections. Make more sections nearer the poles
so like this:
-pole
| all section 1
-
| all section 2
|
-
|
| all section 3
|
-equator
etc.
then, you will need to know the y positions of the tops and bottoms of all your new slices/sections.
F=1024/sqrt(1024^2-d^2)
d is the distance from a point to the equator of the map.
you fine F and then
(guide tbc tommorow).