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)