mapowych

Mapowych is a Polish adjective form derived from mapowy, used to denote a relation to maps, mapping, or cartography. In standard Polish grammar, mapowy adjectives decline by gender, number, and case; mapowych is the genitive plural form, and it also appears in other constructions where a plural noun is governed in the genitive by a preceding adjective.

In practice, mapowych appears mainly in technical and academic writing related to geography, GIS, cartography, and data visualization. It is commonly found in phrases describing map-related data, sources, or features, especially when the noun is in the genitive plural: danych mapowych, źródeł mapowych, warstw mapowych. The corresponding nominative plural form is mapowe, used with plural nouns in the standard subject position, such as dane mapowe or warstwy mapowe.

The term is descriptive rather than representing a standalone concept. Its usage depends on the syntactic construction and the case required by the surrounding noun or preposition. As a result, mapowych serves as a grammatical tool to express “of maps” or “map-related” in phrases where the genitive plural is needed.

See also: mapa, mapa cyfrowa, kartografia, system informacji geograficznej (GIS), geoinformacja.