What are the geographical coordinates of 2200 Gervais St?

• The geocoding process creates a GIS point theme.
• In this case the coordinate system is Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM):
• UTM X coordinates are in meters relative to a false easting of 500,000 at the center of the zone. The center of zone 17 is 81 degrees west longitude which is only about 1500 meters east of this location. 
• The UTM Y coordinates are in meters north of the equator.
• Most GIS software does not actually include the X,Y coordinates as attributes of the record. However, it is also usually a simple process to add them to records that you may wish to export and use on another system.
• Note the difference in location of the address based on the different approaches taken to locate the address.
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