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Oblique Mercator Projection Map Projection sample-map
graphic
cylindrical conformal oblique
Oblique Mercator by Hotine
Oblique Mercator by Laborde
Oblique Mercator by Rosenmund
Formula
Oblique Mercator by Hotine Map Projection
Oblique Mercator by Laborde Map Projection
Developped by Labord in 1928; e.g. used in Madagascar.
Oblique Mercator by Rosenmund Map Projection Switzerland
Developped by Max Rosenmund in 1903.
graphic
the Rosenmund Oblique Mercator as used in switzerland []
A double projection
  • a conformal projection from the ellipsoid to the sphere
  • a map projection from the sphere to the plane (oblique cylinder)
Used e.g. in Switzerland for the national LV03 and LV95 Projections.
Formula Formula Switzerland
formula for the ellipsoid including a conformal projection from the ellipsoid to the sphere
related information
Formula swiss projection from [swisstopo.ch]
Coordinate Reference Frame Change LV03 > LV95
Formula Formula
graphic19.08.2011
[Hooijberg 1997, graphic p. 157f], [Snyder 1987, p. 66graphic]
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