Oblique Mercator Projection

The Oblique Mercator Projection is used to show regions along a great circle other than the Equator (Mercator) or a meridian (Transverse Mercator). This kind of map can be made to show as a straight line the shortest distance between any two preselected points along the selected great circle.

Some projections that are derived from the Oblique Mercator projection are:

• Hotine Oblique Mercator projection;
• Laborde Oblique Mercator projection;
• Rosenmund (Swiss) Oblique Mercator projection;

Oblique Mercator Projection

Required Parameters

To convert Oblique Mercator coordinates, the following parameters have to be set:

• False Northing;
• False Easting;
• Latitude Of Origin;
• Central Meridian;
• Azimuth;
• Rectified Grid Angle;
• Scale Factor.