Good point! The range radius lines in New Mexico and Alabama also decreased along with Texas.
So perhaps the lines were simply adjusted to be more accurate based on latitude.
Mercator projection maps are very distorted but we are all so used to them that we tend to ignore their inaccuracies.
So perhaps the lines were simply adjusted to be more accurate based on latitude.
Mercator projection maps are very distorted but we are all so used to them that we tend to ignore their inaccuracies.