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-rw-r--r--docs/source/operations/projections/webmerc.rst12
-rw-r--r--src/PJ_merc.c10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/operations/projections/webmerc.rst b/docs/source/operations/projections/webmerc.rst
index 92da2d45..3a3d9a47 100644
--- a/docs/source/operations/projections/webmerc.rst
+++ b/docs/source/operations/projections/webmerc.rst
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ From `Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator>`_:
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| **Classification** | Cylindrical (non conformant if used with ellipsoid) |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse, spherical projection |
+| **Available forms** | Forward and inverse |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-| **Defined area** | Global, but best used near the equator |
+| **Defined area** | Global |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| **Alias** | webmerc |
+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@ Example::
Parameters
################################################################################
-.. note:: All parameters for the projection are optional.
+.. note:: All parameters for the projection are optional, except the ellipsoid
+ definition, which is WGS84 for the typical use case of EPSG:3857.
+ In which case, the other parameters are set to their default 0 value.
-.. include:: ../options/R.rst
+.. include:: ../options/ellps.rst
+
+.. include:: ../options/lon_0.rst
.. include:: ../options/x_0.rst
diff --git a/src/PJ_merc.c b/src/PJ_merc.c
index b75f9b11..46cd4b3d 100644
--- a/src/PJ_merc.c
+++ b/src/PJ_merc.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
#include "projects.h"
PROJ_HEAD(merc, "Mercator") "\n\tCyl, Sph&Ell\n\tlat_ts=";
-PROJ_HEAD(webmerc, "Web Mercator / Pseudo Mercator") "\n\tCyl, Sph\n\t";
+PROJ_HEAD(webmerc, "Web Mercator / Pseudo Mercator") "\n\tCyl, Ell\n\t";
#define EPS10 1.e-10
static double logtanpfpim1(double x) { /* log(tan(x/2 + M_FORTPI)) */
@@ -92,15 +92,9 @@ PJ *PROJECTION(merc) {
PJ *PROJECTION(webmerc) {
- /* Overriding k_0, lat_0 and lon_0 with fixed parameters */
+ /* Overriding k_0 with fixed parameter */
P->k0 = 1.0;
- P->phi0 = 0.0;
- P->lam0 = 0.0;
- P->b = P->a;
- /* Clean up the ellipsoidal parameters to reflect the sphere */
- P->es = P->e = P->f = 0;
- pj_calc_ellipsoid_params (P, P->a, 0);
P->inv = s_inverse;
P->fwd = s_forward;
return P;