EPSG:26717Projected
NAD27 / UTM zone 17N
Type
Projected
Unit
metre
Accuracy
2 m
Area of use
North America - between 84°W and 78°W. Bahamas. Canada - Nunavut; Ontario; Quebec. Costa Rica. Cuba. Honduras. Nicaragua. United States (USA) - Florida; Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia. Onshore for Canadian Arctic. onshore and offshore for US east coast and Cuba, with usage in Bahamas onshore plus offshore over internal continental shelf only.
proj4 definition
+proj=utm +zone=17 +ellps=clrk66 +nadgrids=NTv2_0.gsb +units=m +no_defs +type=crs
Well-Known Text (WKT)
PROJCS["NAD27 / UTM zone 17N",GEOGCS["NAD27",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke 1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898],EXTENSION["PROJ4_GRIDS","NTv2_0.gsb"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4267"]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",0],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-81],PARAMETER["scale_factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["false_easting",500000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","26717"]]