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omerc.rst: add comparison with spherical tmerc (OSGeo#3752)
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the central line, using the options
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:option:`+lat_1`, :option:`+lon_1`, :option:`+lat_2`, and :option:`+lon_2`.
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Example: Verify that the Mercator projection is a limiting form of the Oblique
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Mercator
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Example: Verify that the Mercator, and Transverse Mercator (on a sphere),
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projections are limiting forms of the Oblique Mercator
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$ echo 12 55 | proj +proj=merc +ellps=GRS80
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$ echo 12 55 | proj +proj=omerc +lonc=0 +alpha=90 +ellps=GRS80
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$ echo 12 55 | proj +proj=omerc +alpha=90 +ellps=GRS80
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$ echo 12 55 | proj +proj=omerc +alpha=0 +R=6400000
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$ echo 12 55 | proj +proj=tmerc +R=6400000
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Example: Second case - indirectly given azimuth
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