International audienceThis article aimed to present the methodological procedures and geoprocessing techniques used for data extraction of thematic cartographic bases or spatial models for the calculation of indices for the evaluation of water sustainability of sugarcane cultivation, applied to the analytical description of four microregions of Goiás State, Brazil: Sudoeste de Goiás, Vale do Rio dos Bois, Quirinópolis and Meia Ponte. The various spatial data in shape format, acquired in secondary sources or elaborate models were introduced in a Geographical Information System (GIS) from computational ArcGIS 10ESRI package. Where by means of simple geoprocessing techniques were done tweaking and/or crossings of spatial data (shapes) in order...