EPSG:32617 — WGS 84 / UTM zone 17N

Projected coordinate system · coordinates in metres · Between 84°W and 78°W, northern hemisphere between equator and 84°N, onshore and offshore. Bahamas. Ecuador - north of equator. Canada - Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec. Cayman Islands. Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba. Jamaica. N…

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EPSG:32617WGS 84 / UTM zone 17N

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Worked example — the centre of this system's area of use: -81, 42 (EPSG:4326 lon, lat) = 500,000, 4,649,776.22 (EPSG:32617).

EPSG:32617 is WGS 84 / UTM zone 17N — the UTM band from 84°W to 78°W, covering the eastern US (Michigan through Florida, including much of Ontario, Ohio, the Carolinas and Georgia), plus parts of the Caribbean, Colombia and Ecuador. Coordinates are metres.

It is the go-to CRS for measurement and analysis in that longitude band when data comes from GPS. For US government data on NAD83 the equivalent is EPSG:26917 — same zone, different datum.

EPSG:32617 details

TypeProjected CRS

DatumWorld Geodetic System 1984 ensemble

Unitsmetre

AxesEasting (east) · Northing (north)

Projection methodTransverse Mercator

ScopeNavigation and medium accuracy spatial referencing.

Base CRSEPSG:4326

Area of use

Between 84°W and 78°W, northern hemisphere between equator and 84°N, onshore and offshore. Bahamas. Ecuador - north of equator. Canada - Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec. Cayman Islands. Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba. Jamaica. Nicaragua. Panama. United States (USA).

WGS84 bounds: -84° to -78° longitude, 0° to 84° latitude.

Well-known text (WKT2)

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PROJCRS["WGS 84 / UTM zone 17N",BASEGEOGCRS["WGS 84",ENSEMBLE["World Geodetic System 1984 ensemble",MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (Transit)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G730)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G873)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1150)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1674)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G1762)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2139)"],MEMBER["World Geodetic System 1984 (G2296)"],ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],ENSEMBLEACCURACY[2.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],ID["EPSG",4326]],CONVERSION["UTM zone 17N",METHOD["Transverse Mercator",ID["EPSG",9807]],PARAMETER["Latitude of natural origin",0,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8801]],PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",-81,ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],ID["EPSG",8802]],PARAMETER["Scale factor at natural origin",0.9996,SCALEUNIT["unity",1],ID["EPSG",8805]],PARAMETER["False easting",500000,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8806]],PARAMETER["False northing",0,LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],ID["EPSG",8807]]],CS[Cartesian,2],AXIS["(E)",east,ORDER[1],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],AXIS["(N)",north,ORDER[2],LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]],USAGE[SCOPE["Navigation and medium accuracy spatial referencing."],AREA["Between 84°W and 78°W, northern hemisphere between equator and 84°N, onshore and offshore. Bahamas. Ecuador - north of equator. Canada - Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec. Cayman Islands. Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba. Jamaica. Nicaragua. Panama. United States (USA)."],BBOX[0,-84,84,-78]],ID["EPSG",32617]]

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between EPSG:32617 and EPSG:26917?

Both are UTM zone 17N; 32617 is on WGS 84, 26917 on NAD83. They differ by 1–2 metres in North America. Match the datum of your source data: GPS-derived → 32617, US federal/state data → 26917.

Which US cities fall in UTM zone 17N?

Detroit, Columbus, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami and Toronto (Canada) all sit between 84°W and 78°W. New York and Boston are in zone 18N (EPSG:32618); Chicago and Nashville are in zone 16N (EPSG:32616).