The above picture is my Shapefile made in ArcMap.
Response to Blog Prompt:
My area of interest is biology but specifically conservation. Different types of datasets that could be used in this field with GIS mapping are: location of a specific type of tree being researched (vector), researching forest cover/diversity in a given area (raster), charting den location of species of interest (vector), recording rainfall (raster), location of bird nests (vector). Vector is better to use when collecting data about things that are stationary. Vectors are also good to use when the data you want to model is recorded on something that is the same, such as location of a certain type of tree species. Raster models however are better to use when you have data that is continuous and may vary in what is being studied. For instance, mapping forest cover would have varying fauna that would be more accurately represented by the raster model.
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