ESRI

ESRI provides geographic information system (GIS) software and related services to clients worldwide. Headquartered in Redlands, California, ESRI also has U.S. regional offices, overseas subsidiary companies, and distributors in more than 120 countries.

ESRI's flagship product, ArcGIS, a high-end GIS, has capabilities for the automation, modification, management, analysis, and display of geographic information. Several related products developed and marketed by ESRI include: ArcView GIS, an affordable geographic data query, display, and output tool for the desktop; SDE (Spatial Database Engine), a high-performance object-based data access engine; and, MapObjects and MapObjects LT, embeddable GIS and mapping components for applications developers.