Address Guidelines for Brazil

Follow these suggestions to ensure that your street input data is in the best format possible for optimal geocoding. For additional information about Brazilian addresses, see the Correios Brazil website: http://www.correios.com.br/default.cfm.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Thoroughfare types—Thoroughfare types (pre and post thoroughfare types) and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output. Following is a partial list of recognized thoroughfare types.

  ALAMEDA=AL,ALAMEDA,ALUA LALA
  ACESSO=AC,ACESSO
  ARCO=ARCO
  AUTO-ESTRADA=AUTO-EST,AUTO-ESTRADA
  AVENIDA=AV,AVDA,AVE,AVENIDA
  AZINHAGA=AZINHAGA
  BAIRRO=BAI,BAIRRO
  BALUARTE=BALUARTE
  BECO=BECO
  Many others are also recognized.

• Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses. For example, the following are all recognized in an input address:

  um, first, one, 1st, primera, primeiras, primeiro
  dois, second, two, 2nd, segunda, segundos
  Many other numeric designations are also recognized.

• Directionals in addresses—The following directionals are recognized in input addresses: norte, do norte, setentrional, sul, do sul, meridional, leste, este, do leste, do este, oriental, oeste, do oeste, ocidental
• Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are supported. This is a partial list of common words and abbreviations that are recognized. Many other common words are also handled.

  Articles of speech	dos, das, do, da, de, d, dom, uma, e, o, n, sn, sa, ie a, os, as, ao, em, no, na, nos, nas, ao, andar, andares, ander, apart, apartment, flat, apartmento, apto, apt, ap, ato, casa, cs, cob, unit (and many other common articles of speech)
  Common words	os, nova, novas, na, no, nas, nos, um
  Common abbreviations	aeroporto=aerop internacio=intern,int internacional=int international=int conselheiro=cnso desembargador=des regente=reg limitado=ltda,ltdo,ltd (and many other abbreviations)