Kartoitettavan

Kartoitettavan is a grammatical form in Finnish derived from the participle kartoitettava, meaning “to be surveyed,” “to be mapped,” or “to be inventoryed.” The base verb kartoittaa or kartoitua means to survey, map, inventory, or assess. Kartoitettavan is the genitive singular form of the participle, used to indicate the object or subject that is to be surveyed and to modify another noun in genitive: for example, kartoitettavan kohteen tiedot (“the data of the object to be surveyed”), kartoitettavan henkilön henkilötiedot (“the personal data of the person to be surveyed”). It can function as a noun–adjective phrase in legal, research, or administrative texts.

Examples include: “Kartoitettavan kohteen laadunvarmistusprosessi etenee vaiheittain,” and “Kartoitettavan henkilön suostumus on hankittava ennen tutkimuksen aloittamista.” In many contexts the phrase signals a future-oriented action: the item designated in advance as needing assessment, evaluation, or mapping.

In practice, kartoitettavan is used especially in formal Finnish when describing data collection, audits, due diligence, or program evaluations where a specific entity is the subject of the mapping or assessment. The term is not a standalone common noun; rather it is a grammatical form used to describe the object in possessive/genitive constructions.

Related terms include kartoitettava (to be surveyed, as a predicative adjective), kartoittaminen (the act of surveying), and kartoittaja (surveyor).