AMINIS is a federation of researchers from several laboratories all around the world. The goal of AMINIS is to integrate researches on natural and intelligent systems in a multilevel framework. This coherent framework is computational, formal and discursive. Our common scientific experimental object concerns space and people. Both constitute a locus, i.e., a physical and mental place. Characterization of the locus is based on a geographical digital data base of the island of Corsica.