In engineering, the first step is to define the problem. Give an example of what you think an engineering problem dealing with the environment, plants, or animals might look like. ??​

Are you asking about a street map usage  if so here is your answer  a street map for a very limited area could simply be a bit map or a .jpg image.  but a more general map would probably store the streets as vectors.  but you shouldn't assume that there is one way to do it

In fact it is not just nuclear fusion and fission that  can  transform  matter  (or mass)into energy. any time  energy  is produced, some small amount of  matter  or mass isconverted into energy.