Somia Atlas: a territorial network of Somia spaces, products and experiences

Somia Atlas is the territorial discovery and access platform for the Somia ecosystem. Its purpose is to bring together spaces, installations, applications, experiences and products that integrate Somia Within so they can be found and used as part of a shared network. The project is at its initial ideation stage, and yeshcube is defining its architecture, access models and the collaborations needed to deploy the first networks.

A gateway to the Somia ecosystem

Somia may be present in a booth, an application, a wellbeing space, a sports facility, a healthcare center or a product developed by a third party. This diversity extends its possible uses and creates the need for a shared layer that shows which resources exist and where they are available.

Atlas is being designed to fulfill that role. The platform will allow people to consult the Somia resources available in each territory and access relevant information about each one, including its location, availability, access model, responsible organization and integrated services.

The platform connects people seeking a Somia experience with the organizations that make it available.

From distributed resources to a territorial network

Each location provides a point of access. Connecting those locations extends territorial coverage and creates new possibilities for continuity, collaboration and funding.

Somia Atlas will organize locations and solutions as a recognizable network. Each addition will increase the usefulness of the whole for people, participating spaces and the organizations contributing to its development.

This structure can help someone find a nearby resource, discover new ways of interacting with Somia or access equivalent services in different places. It will also make it possible to identify territories with lower coverage and guide future installations toward them.

Atlas’s growth will depend on the network’s ability to maintain reliable information, shared participation criteria and a coherent experience across its resources.

What Somia Atlas will include

The platform is conceived as an access point for different parts of the ecosystem:

• Somia booths and installations.
• Partner spaces offering compatible experiences.
• Applications and digital services.
• Products that integrate Somia Within.
• Programs with resources available to participants.
• Temporary experiences, demonstrations and territorial deployments.

Each resource will have a standardized profile explaining what it offers, where it is located and how to access it.

The first version will focus on territorial discovery and access information. Validation will provide the basis for assessing later functions related to bookings, availability, space management and continuity between locations.

Usefulness for people

Atlas will provide a clear view of the Somia resources available in each territory. People will be able to consult locations, distinguish between types of experience and understand access conditions before traveling or starting an interaction.

This discovery layer can reduce fragmentation between applications, installations and partner spaces. It can also support a more continuous relationship with the ecosystem when the same person accesses Somia resources in different contexts.

The design will follow the privacy, autonomy and clarity principles that guide Somia’s development. Any personalization or continuity function will require a specific definition of the data it needs, its purpose and the control retained by each person.

Value for spaces and organizations

Participating spaces will be able to join a shared network and make their offer visible to people interested in accessing Somia experiences.

Atlas can provide:

• A presence in a specialized territorial directory.
• A structured profile for presenting resources.
• Connection with other spaces and solutions in the ecosystem.
• Participation in networks supported by organizations or funders.
• New routes for discovery, access and collaboration.
• Aggregate information for understanding the network’s reach.

Each space will join under technical, operational and experience criteria. These criteria will help maintain the ecosystem’s coherence and accurately communicate how each resource relates to Somia.

Funded networks to extend access

Somia Atlas is also conceived as infrastructure for networks funded by companies, insurers, public authorities, foundations and sponsors.

An organization will be able to support the installation of or access to Somia resources in a territory, workplace or specific population. Atlas will make that network visible, organize its locations and help intended participants find the available resources.

This model creates several possibilities:

• Corporate networks for employees.
• Territorial coverage supported by public authorities.
• Funded access for specific groups.
• Programs supported by foundations.
• Integrations with insurers and healthcare organizations.
• Sponsorship of publicly accessible spaces or experiences.
• Deployments linked to research projects.

Funding supports broader coverage, resource maintenance and continued availability. yeshcube is seeking organizations interested in contributing to the initial design, development and territorial deployment of Atlas.

The relationship between Somia Atlas and Somia Within

Somia Within makes it possible to integrate Somia’s capabilities into products and solutions developed for different contexts. Atlas provides the territorial layer used to find and connect those integrations.

Somia Within enables technological integration. Somia Atlas supports discovery, access and territorial connection. Spaces, products and experiences provide the points of interaction with people.

This architecture allows third parties to develop new solutions and subsequently bring them into a shared network.

Initial development phase

The first phase of Somia Atlas will validate its usefulness with a limited group of resources in an initial territory. Work will focus on:

• Defining the types of resources the platform can include.
• Establishing participation and classification criteria.
• Designing profiles for spaces, products and experiences.
• Building an initial map and directory experience.
• Validating the needs of people and organizations.
• Exploring funding and sustainability models.
• Identifying partners for the first territorial deployments.

The results will inform which functions should be added to later versions and which operating model is appropriate for each type of network.

Collaboration on Somia Atlas

yeshcube is seeking spaces, companies, institutions, research groups, public authorities, foundations and funders interested in contributing to the definition and development of Somia Atlas.

Collaboration may include providing spaces or installations, integrating products with Somia Within, validating the access experience, technological development, research, development funding and the promotion or sponsorship of territorial networks.

The first collaborations will help define infrastructure that is useful for people, viable for spaces and sustainable for the organizations participating in its growth. Interested organizations can contact yeshcube or learn about the Allies scientific collaboration system.

Somia Atlas begins as a map of the Somia ecosystem and is intended to become the infrastructure that connects its resources across each territory.