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Update omerc.rst to add vital caveat about the two-point method
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It is imperative that users be informed about the vast difference of the two point method, undocumented till today!

See also
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/323570/proj-oblique-mercator-specifying-two-points-on-central-line/337169#337169
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.. include:: ../options/x_0.rst

.. include:: ../options/y_0.rst

Caveats
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Note for the two-point method no rectification is done,

::

echo 0 0|proj -I +proj=omerc +R=6400000 +lonc=-87 +lat_0=42 +alpha=0
87dW 42dN
echo 0 0|proj -I +proj=omerc +R=6400000 +lonc=-87 +lat_0=42 +alpha=0 +no_rot
87dW 0dS
echo 0 0|proj -I +proj=omerc +R=6400000 +lon_1=-87 +lat_1=42 +lon_2=-87 +lat_2=43
87dW 0dN

Thus, just as was noted above regarding +no_rot, the two-point method
itself is also probably only marginally useful.

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