geocoding addresses of Rio de Janeiro

[FrancoisGerard]

Hi,

I am new to GIS and I may be naive about the feasibility of the following. Basically, I have a list of nearly every address (about 3,000,000) in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and I need to obtain latitudes and longitudes for each of them. Given that it is outside North America and Europe, the ArcMap software available at UC Berkeley cannot give coordinates for a precise address. What are my options? Is there a way to download/buy an address locator for cities in Brazil and then upload it to ArcGis?

Any suggestion would be very useful.

Francois

[JoeBorgione]

You might try ArcGIS online.  Perhaps a google search for data.  It's probably going to be tough.  I've often wondered how to geocode a neighborhood that looks like the attached image.

Best of luck!  Let us know how it works out for you.