<div dir="auto">The tea photo is a problem, but important to the design and message: that open source is made by people </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think a lot of people are shy, but it is impersonating to understand that programming in public is … actually public :)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can you do anything? Picture of your lab? Picture of your keyboard and coffee? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Context: Graphic design wise the main pages are drone scale so visitors can imagine themselves in a location, projects are people so you can imagine meeting them. Perhaps with your keyboard and coffee we could imagine working on the orient with you!<br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>- -<br></div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:00 Céline Van Migerode <<a href="mailto:celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be">celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Jody,
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your feedback on our project. I’ve changed the project topic to "Raster Processing," so it no longer needs to be listed under "Data Query" projects. I also added the developer resources, and, as you suggested, the MIT License
is correct.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Regarding the team photo, I am currently the main developer behind
<i>Flexurba</i>, with some help from my two PhD supervisors, though I don’t have a photo of the three of us. I noticed that many other Community Projects also don’t have a team photo, so I was wondering if it’s necessary?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Let me know if there’s anything else I should adjust or if you have further comments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> vrijdag 25 oktober 2024 16:38<br>
<b>To:</b> Céline Van Migerode <<a href="mailto:celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be" target="_blank">celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Okay So I need to change that template to say "osgeo project page"!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In checking the page:<u></u><u></u></p>
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The Topic had "Analysis and Data Processing/Data Query" as primary, but it was not checked and visible? Was not sure what to do so please double check if it is now okay.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
Q: Do you have any developer resources to share? It is empty right now ...<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
Q: Do you have a team photo to share? We would like meet the people responsible for the project<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
The license information is empty, so I added "MIT License"<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have published the page (<span style="color:rgb(65,156,255)"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/projects/flexurba/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/projects/flexurba/</a></span>) and ask that you check for some development information and confirm you can find
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<span style="color:rgb(65,156,255)"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/raster-processing/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/raster-processing/</a></span> it is here?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:rgb(65,156,255)"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/data-query-vector/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/data-query-vector/</a></span> did you want it here or not?<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 24, 2024 at 10:03:54 PM, Céline Van Migerode <<a href="mailto:celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be" target="_blank">celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear Incubator Committee,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am writing again to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for the Flexurba R package. I just created an OSGeo Project page in WordPress and Submitted the
page for Review. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Flexurba is an open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the
<i>Degree of Urbanisation</i> classification of cities, towns and rural areas. The package provides enhanced flexibility to the user to customise the parameters in the algorithm and evaluate the consequences of certain implementation choices. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For an extensive description of the package and its contribution, please consult the documentation website (<a href="https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/index.html" target="_blank">https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/index.html</a>)
or the journal article (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545</a>). </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With the support of OSGeo, we hope to further extend the Flexurba package and promote its functionalities to a wider audience.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Community Project Application Checklist :</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="FR">1. Be Geospatial :</span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-US">README : <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">Project Website : <a href="https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/" target="_blank">
https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/</a></span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. License file: <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md</a></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">3. Code of Conduct: <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md</a></span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Please let me know if you have any questions about the package or if you have any suggestions to improve our application.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards, also on behalf of my PhD supervisors Prof. Ben Derudder and Prof. Ate Poorthuis,
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Céline Van Migerode</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> vrijdag 4 oktober 2024 17:43<br>
<b>To:</b> Céline Van Migerode <<a href="mailto:celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be" target="_blank">celine.vanmigerode@kuleuven.be</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM Céline Van Migerode via Incubator <<a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Incubator Committee,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am writing to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for the Flexurba R package. In April 2023, I presented the Flexurba package and the GISRUK conference
in Leeds, and received the GISRUK and OSGeo:UK GoFundGeo Award.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Flexurba is an open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the Degree of Urbanisation (DEGURBA) classification. DEGURBA is an operational definition of cities,
towns and rural areas that is widely used in policy reports and academic circles. It is developed by six international organisations - among which the European Commission and the OECD - to provide a globally consistent delineation of urban areas and thus enhance
statistical comparability across nations. Much effort has been devoted to making the workflow behind the methodology as transparent and reproducible as possible: it is extensively documented in a manual (Eurostat, 2021) and a set of analytical tools is provided
by the Global Human Settlement Layer to reproduce the classification. The current suite of tools uses a graphical user interface. This certainly enhances the ease of use, but also obscures the underlying code and restricts the user from adapting implementation
details in the algorithm. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Against this backdrop, we developed the Flexurba package: a
<b>flex</b>ible reconstruction of the DEG<b>URBA</b> algorithm. The package encompasses the first open implementation of DEGURBA’s algorithm in any programming language. It provides flexibility to the user to customise the parameters in the algorithm and evaluate
the consequences of certain implementation choices. The user can construct alternative versions of DEGURBA by changing the minimum population thresholds, and even more ‘hidden’ implementation details, such as the contiguity requirements and edge smoothing
rules.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For an extensive description of the package and its contribution, please consult the following journal article:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Van Migerode, C., Poorthuis, A., & Derudder, B. (2024).
<span lang="EN-US">Flexurba: An open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the Degree of Urbanisation classification.
<i>Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science</i>, 0(0). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545" target="_blank">
https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With the support of OSGeo, we hope to further extend the Flexurba package and promote its functionalities to a wider audience.
</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Community Project Application Checklist :</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="FR">1. Be Geospatial :</span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-US">README : <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md</a>
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<span lang="EN-US">Project Website : <a href="https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/" target="_blank">
https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/</a></span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. License file: <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md</a></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">3. Code of Conduct: <a href="https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md" target="_blank">
https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md</a></span><u></u><u></u></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please let me know if you have any questions about the package or if you have any suggestions to improve our application. My OSGeo userid is ‘cvmigero’ and I
will need permission to create a project page. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Warm regards, also on behalf of my supervisors Prof. Ben Derudder and Prof. Ate Poorthuis,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Céline Van Migerode</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,56,100)">Céline Van Migerode</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,56,100)">PhD researcher of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)<b><br>
</b>KU Leuven Public Governance Institute – Faculty of Social Sciences<br>
KU Leuven Division of Geography and Tourism – Faculty of Science</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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