Sistemas e Informação Geográfica, S.A.

Sistemas e Informação Geográfica, S.A., trading as Esri Portugal, is a Portuguese company based in Lisbon that has served since 1987 as the exclusive distributor of Esri's ArcGIS geographic information system (GIS) technology in Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe. Esri itself, the Environmental Systems Research Institute, is the global market leader in GIS and has been helping customers improve outcomes since 1969; its flagship product, ArcGIS, is described as the world's most effective mapping and spatial analysis software. Esri Portugal brings that technology to Portuguese-speaking markets, positioning geographic intelligence as a way for organizations to unlock the full potential of their data. Beyond distribution, Esri Portugal provides technology consulting services and certified training in ArcGIS technology. Its stated focus is the success of its users: by bringing a geographic dimension to clients' businesses, it aims to give them a deeper understanding of their operations and a fast way to see where and how things are happening. This geographic information management and analysis capability is presented as enabling more informed and sustainable decisions that translate into greater profitability. The company's commercial activity revolves around the ArcGIS platform, the heart of the Esri Geospatial Cloud. ArcGIS offers mapping and visualization, spatial analysis and data science, field operations, real-time visualization and analysis, and 3D GIS, with flexible licensing and features for applying location-based analytics to business problems. Esri Portugal also operates an online Esri Store for purchasing ArcGIS products for individuals or organizations, and it promotes products such as the new StoryMaps. Its website highlights trends such as combining spatial intelligence with the predictive power of artificial intelligence, and it publishes articles and magazines including WhereNext Magazine, covering topics such as integrating LIDAR data into GIS, using Sentinel-2 imagery with Esri technology, and working with the GeoPackage of Portuguese national statistics (INE) census data in ArcGIS. Esri Portugal is also a community organizer in the Portuguese GIS sector. It hosts the annual Encontro de Utilizadores Esri Portugal (EUE), described as the largest GIS event in Portugal; the 2026 edition is scheduled for 14 October at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, following the 2025 edition. The company's CEO is Rui Sabino. Its messaging emphasizes sustainability as part of its DNA, noting that Esri is the acronym of Environmental Systems Research Institute, and it runs demonstration events for smart communities and smart city strategies. Through this combination of distribution, consulting, training, events and content, Esri Portugal acts as the main gateway to Esri GIS technology in Portugal and several Lusophone markets.

Sistemas e Informação Geográfica, S.A., known commercially as Esri Portugal, was established in 1987 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal. Since that year it has acted as the exclusive distributor in Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe for the ArcGIS technology of Esri, the Environmental Systems Research Institute, the global market leader in geographic information systems (GIS) that has been helping customers improve outcomes since 1969. The Portuguese company's role has been to localize and commercialize that technology for Portuguese-speaking markets, combining software distribution with technology consulting and certified ArcGIS training. Over the decades, Esri Portugal has built its business around the ArcGIS platform, which it describes as the heart of the Esri Geospatial Cloud. ArcGIS capabilities promoted by the company include mapping and visualization, spatial analysis and data science, field operations, real-time visualization and analysis, and 3D GIS, with flexible licensing for applying location-based analytics to organizational problems. The company also operates an online Esri Store for purchasing ArcGIS products for individuals or organizations and has promoted newer offerings such as StoryMaps. Esri Portugal has developed a strong community and thought-leadership presence in the Portuguese GIS sector. It organizes the annual Encontro de Utilizadores Esri Portugal (EUE), which it describes as the largest GIS event in Portugal; the 2026 edition is scheduled for 14 October at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, following the 2025 edition, which opened with a welcome from CEO Rui Sabino. The company also runs demonstration events for smart communities and smart city strategies, and it publishes articles and the WhereNext Magazine. Recent editorial topics have included integrating LIDAR data into GIS (December 2023), using Sentinel-2 imagery with Esri technology (August 2023), and using the GeoPackage of Portuguese national statistics (INE) census data in ArcGIS (May 2023). Earlier articles addressed sustainability as part of the company's DNA (January 2022), applying Location Intelligence to the Kahn Matrix (August 2021), and GEOSCOUTS, a GIS platform for the Corpo Nacional de Escutas scouting organization (August 2021). In its corporate messaging, Esri Portugal emphasizes that its name reflects its origins: Esri is the acronym of Environmental Systems Research Institute, and the company states that it is not merely a technology company, with sustainability in its DNA. Its stated purpose is to bring a geographic dimension to clients' businesses, giving them deeper understanding and a fast way to see where and how things are happening, so that geographic information management and analysis support more informed and sustainable decisions and greater profitability. The company continues to position itself at the intersection of spatial intelligence and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, promoting the combination of spatial intelligence with predictive AI.

• 2026

  EUE 2026 scheduled for 14 October at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon.

• 2025

  Encontro de Utilizadores Esri Portugal (EUE 2025) held, with a welcome from CEO Rui Sabino.

• 2023

  Articles published on integrating LIDAR data into GIS, using Sentinel-2 imagery with Esri technology, and using the INE census GeoPackage in ArcGIS.

• 2022

  Article 'A Sustentabilidade está no nosso ADN' highlights sustainability as part of the company's DNA.

• 2021

  Articles published on applying Location Intelligence to the Kahn Matrix and on GEOSCOUTS, a GIS platform for the Corpo Nacional de Escutas.

• 1987

  Sistemas e Informação Geográfica, S.A. (Esri Portugal) is established as the exclusive distributor of Esri ArcGIS technology in Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe.

• 1969

  Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute), whose ArcGIS technology Esri Portugal distributes, begins helping customers improve outcomes.

Exclusive distributor of Esri ArcGIS GIS technology in Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, combining distribution with consulting, certified training and community events.

• ArcGIS

  Mapping and analysis platform described as the heart of the Esri Geospatial Cloud, offering mapping and visualization, spatial analysis and data science, field operations, real-time visualization and analysis, and 3D GIS.

• ArcGIS StoryMaps

  New product highlighted on the Esri Portugal website as a featured product to try.

• Esri Store

  Online store for purchasing ArcGIS products for individuals or organizations.

• Technology consulting services

  Consulting services provided by Esri Portugal alongside software distribution.

• Certified ArcGIS training

  Certified training in ArcGIS technology offered by Esri Portugal.

1. 1Esri: Software de Mapeamento SIG, Análise de Dados Espaciais e Plataforma de Localizaçãoesri-portugal.pt
2. 2Sobre a Esri | The Science of Whereesri-portugal.pt
3. 3Encontro de Utilizadores Esri Portugalesri-portugal.pt
4. 4Sobre o ArcGIS | Ferramenta de Mapeamento e Análiseesri-portugal.pt
5. 5Sistemas e Informação Geográfica, S.A. (Portugal) - Wikidatawikidata.org