Even with the automated stitching software of today some thought needs be given when taking you original photo set.
As seen earlier in the photo of the V-2 rocket; if you move laterally as you take your sequence of photos, staying at a uniform distance from your subject, you will produce what is more or less known as a "normal" focal length image with a flat field of view.
However if you stay in the same location and simply rotate your view to cover the entire subject you will produce something more approximating a "wide angle" photograph with the associated distortion of a curved field of view as in my photo of the B-58.