karttaaineistoon

Karttaaineisto is a Finnish term referring to map material or cartographic data used for creating, analyzing, and presenting maps and geospatial information. The form karttaaineistoon is the illative case, meaning “into the map material” or, more broadly, “to the map collection.” In everyday use the term appears in library, archival, and GIS contexts to indicate materials that belong to or relate to map data and cartography.

In libraries, archives, and government agencies, karttaaineisto denotes both physical and digital holdings. This can include paper maps, map sheets, atlases, cadastral plans, nautical and aviation charts, aerial photographs, scanned historical maps, as well as digital raster and vector datasets, orthophotos, and geospatial metadata. The concept covers traditional cartography as well as modern geographic information systems (GIS) data and products. Cataloging and metadata standards are used to describe karttaaineisto, enabling discovery and reuse, with references to geospatial formats, coordinate systems, and licensing terms.

Access to karttaaineisto varies by institution. National and regional map authorities, such as Finland’s Maanmittauslaitos (National Land Survey), provide collections of map materials and open data services. Public libraries and municipal archives may hold regional karttaaineisto, including historical maps and related documents. Rights and licenses typically govern use, reproduction, and redistribution, with open data policies increasingly common for government-produced cartographic materials.

Overall, karttaaineisto encompasses the wide range of map-related materials and geospatial data that support cartography, land planning, research, and education, and its illative form karttaaineistoon is routinely used in Finnish descriptions and references to these materials.