{"id":3237,"date":"2026-11-11T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapologie.com\/?page_id=3237"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:47:32","slug":"mapping-for-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mapologie.com\/index.php\/mapping-for-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping for evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n Mapping for evaluation<\/span>\n

The maps an evaluation can use, and what each one answers.<\/h1>\n

Interviews and surveys tell you what changed. Maps and satellite images show where, for whom, and how much. Here are the main types I use, with the evaluation questions they help answer.<\/p>\n

See the Cox’s Bazar example<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Software<\/span>

QGIS, free and open source<\/h3><\/div>\n
Data<\/span>

Open satellite and humanitarian data<\/h3><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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\n Why maps<\/span>\n

Seeing what is happening where, and starting to understand why<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Using maps in evaluation goes beyond looking at an image. A map links what is happening to where it is happening, and often helps explain why.<\/p>\n

A gap in coverage next to a damaged road, crop health falling in the villages furthest from water, results that differ from one district to the next: patterns like these are hard to spot in a table and obvious on a map. Maps are a strong alternative to tables and long text, showing geographic data in a way decision-makers can take in at a glance and discuss together.<\/p>\n