New SRID (3857) in 11.2.0.2 (use instead of 3785)

Question

The new srid epsg:3857 in 11.2.0.2 does not require a tfm_plan or the use case use_spherical to correctly line up with google or bing background maps. The doc wasn't updated in time. See the sample results below.
. First geom. In 8307, 2nd in 3785 with no tfm_plan or use case, 3rd 3785 with use_spherical, 4th 3857.
MVDEMO@sdolnx2>select * from v$version ;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
CORE 11.2.0.2.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
MVDEMO@sdolnx2> select city, location, sdo_cs.transform(location, 3785) loc3785_oldcs,
sdo_cs.transform(location, 'USE_SPHERICAL', 3785) loc3785_usespherical,
sdo_cs.transform(location, 3857) loc3857_newWebMercator from cities where rownum < 4
CITY
LOCATION(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
LOC3785_OLDCS(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINA
LOC3785_USESPHERICAL(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO
LOC3857_NEWWEBMERCATOR(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, S
New York
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-73.943849, 40.6698, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-8231391.6, 4935892.96, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-8231391.6, 4963758.56, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3857, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-8231391.6, 4963758.56, NULL), NULL, NULL)
Los Angeles
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-118.4112, 34.112101, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-13181475, 4019893.75, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-13181475, 4043864.4, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3857, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-13181475, 4043864.4, NULL), NULL, NULL)
Chicago
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-87.684965, 41.83705, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-9761045.7, 5108079.09, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3785, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-9761045.7, 5136601.49, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 3857, SDO_POINT_TYPE(-9761045.7, 5136601.49, NULL), NULL, NULL)

Answer 1

Hello Fidel,
thansk for the completion - with the name of the hidden parameter i was able to find the blog in my RSS feed reader
http://oraclue.com/2010/10/21/oracle-11-2-0-2-patch-set-new-feature-and-change/
http://oradbastuff.blogspot.com/2010/09/11202-11g-release-2-patch-set-2.html
Regards
Stefan