Kartoitetaaan

Kartoitetaaan is the passive present form of the Finnish verb kartoittaa, meaning to survey, map, inventory, or assess. The form is used to indicate that a survey or inventory is being conducted, without specifying who is carrying it out. It is common in formal and semi-formal Finnish, especially in research, planning, and reporting contexts.

In usage, kartoitetaaan signals that data collection or assessment is currently taking place or has been planned, and it emphasizes the process rather than the actor. It is frequently found in project documents, environmental or spatial surveys, public health studies, and planning reports where the exact survey team is either unknown or deliberately left unnamed.

Examples in context:

- Alueen biodiversiteetti kartoitetaaan tällä hetkellä. (The area’s biodiversity is being surveyed at the moment.)

- Projektin vaikutukset kartoitetaaan ennen päätöksentekoa. (The project’s effects will be surveyed before decisions are made.)

Related terms include kartoitus, the noun for the act of surveying or inventorying, and kartoitustarve, meaning the need for a survey. The form supports impersonal or procedural language, allowing authors to describe ongoing or planned work without attributing it to a specific party.