Map evidence is information shown on maps that helps people understand places and events. Maps can display features such as borders, routes, locations, and geographic patterns. Mapmakers create maps using different types of information. Historians, geographers, and researchers use maps to study locations and changes over time.

Map evidence is found in physical maps and digital mapping systems worldwide. It has been used since ancient times and continues today. Maps may show cities, rivers, trade routes, or political boundaries.

Map evidence is used in many fields to describe and organize geographic information. It can help show how places are connected or how they have changed. Maps are part of how information about places is recorded and shared.