IT map / Territory, environment and infrastructure
Balcão Único do Prédio
GIS platform, mobile app and municipal counters where owners and qualified technicians draw georeferenced graphic representations (RGG) of rural and mixed properties in municipalities without cadastre, for free registration in the land registry.
- Acronym
- BUPi
- Type
- Platform
- Level
- National
- Area
- Territory, environment and infrastructure
- Owner
- Estrutura de Missão para a Expansão do Sistema de Informação Cadastral Simplificado
- Used by
- citizens, businesses, public staff, other bodies
- In service since
- 2017
- Evidence
- Checked against sources
- Interface types
- OGC (WMS/WFS/WMTS), REST API, open data download
- Product families
- Esri ArcGIS Enterprise/Server [1] [2] [3]
- Would the model apply?
- Not yet analysed
Connections
10 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.
Connects to2
- Autoridade Tributária e AduaneiraLocates land from matrix (artigos matriciais) data and cross-checks with property tax registers; 2025 AT/IRN/eBUPi protocol for omitted properties and the Número de Identificação do Prédio (NIP)
- Sistema Nacional de Informação CadastralRGGs validated by all neighbouring owners can be converted into cadastral geometry via data interoperability with DGT (reaffirmed by DL 87/2026)
Sends data to4
- Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, I.P.BUPi platform interacts with this body for territorial and environmental management (CGI case study; data flows not detailed) · Real-time API
- Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção CivilBUPi platform interacts with this body for territorial and environmental management (CGI case study; data flows not detailed)
- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, I.P.BUPi platform interacts with this body for territorial and environmental management (CGI case study; data flows not detailed) · Real-time API
- Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado, I.P.RGGs support free registration in the Conservatória do Registo Predial; IRN is legally responsible for the simplified cadastre system and BUPi
Run by2
- Estrutura de Missão para a Expansão do Sistema de Informação Cadastral SimplificadoeBUPi promotes and runs BUPi
- Municípios (Câmaras Municipais)BUPi counters with qualified technicians in 158 adhering municipalities (incl. the autonomous regions) · Portal upload
Gets data from1
- Sistema de Identificação ParcelarJan 2024 eBUPi-IFAP-IRN protocol: IFAP shares iSIP parcel data for publication on BUPi; eBUPi shares property and owner data with IFAP
Hosted by1
- Municípios (Câmaras Municipais)Adhering councils host BUPi counters (e.g. Ovar's counter closed during its Oct 2026 cyberattack)
What the owner signs for IT
We could not tie Estrutura de Missão para a Expansão do Sistema de Informação Cadastral Simplificado to a single buyer in Portal BASE. The owner may be a group of bodies, a private operator, or a body that buys under another name.
Sources
- cgi.com/sites/default/files/2025-12/pt-brochure-case-study-bupi.pdf
- bupi.gov.pt/indicadores
- sgifr.gov.pt/documents/196633/196678/Relatorio_Atividades_SGIFR_2025_v20260715.pdf
- plmj.com/xms/files/03_Novidades_legislativas/2026/NI_Amendment_to_the_simplified_land_cadastre_legislation.pdf
- info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/informacao_fiscal/legislacao/diplomas_legislativos/Documents/Lei_65_2019.pdf
- bupi.gov.pt