I think mapping is used just like in Spanish. I actually have a feeling that "mapear" is a calque for mapping, as software and marketing in Spanish often borrow English terms.

Here are a few Merriam Webster definitions for mapping

" to delineate as if on a map <sorrow was mapped on her face>"
"to assign (as a set or element) in a mathematical or exact correspondence <map picture elements to video memory>"
" to be assigned in a relation or connection <the major problems confronting humankind … do not map well onto the traditional disciplines — P. W. Porter>"