[Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project

Mon Nov 11 05:38:34 PST 2024

Dear Jody,

I apologize for the delay, but I updated the Flexurba OSGeo page with a picture of my laptop in my living room. Please let me know if you have any other comments on the project page or if you require any additional information for the next steps.

Kind regards,
Céline Van Migerode

From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
Sent: donderdag 31 oktober 2024 9:22
To: Céline Van Migerode <celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be>
Cc: incubator at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project

The tea photo is a problem, but important to the design and message: that open source is made by people

I think a lot of people  are shy, but it is impersonating to understand that programming in public is … actually public :)

Can you do anything? Picture of your lab? Picture of your keyboard and coffee?

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!
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Jody Garnett

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:00 Céline Van Migerode <celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be<mailto:celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be>> wrote:
Dear Jody,

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.

Regarding the team photo, I am currently the main developer behind Flexurba, 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?

Let me know if there’s anything else I should adjust or if you have further comments.
Kind regards,
Céline

From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
Sent: vrijdag 25 oktober 2024 16:38
To: Céline Van Migerode <celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be<mailto:celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be>>
Cc: incubator at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project

Okay So I need to change that template to say "osgeo project page"!

In checking the page:

  *   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.
  *   Q: Do you have any developer resources to share? It is empty right now ...
  *   Q: Do you have a team photo to share? We would like meet the people responsible for the project
  *   The license information is empty, so I added "MIT License"

I have published the page (https://www.osgeo.org/projects/flexurba/) and ask that you check for some development information and confirm you can find the project successfully.

  *   https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/raster-processing/ it is here?
  *   https://www.osgeo.org/choose-a-project/analysis-and-processing/data-query-vector/ did you want it here or not?
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Jody Garnett

On Oct 24, 2024 at 10:03:54 PM, Céline Van Migerode <celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be<mailto:celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be>> wrote:
Dear Incubator Committee,

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.
Flexurba is an open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the Degree of Urbanisation 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.
For an extensive description of the package and its contribution, please consult the documentation website (https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/index.html) or the journal article (https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545).
With the support of OSGeo, we hope to further extend the Flexurba package and promote its functionalities to a wider audience.
Community Project Application Checklist :

  1.  1. Be Geospatial :

     *   README : https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md
     *   Project Website : https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/

  1.  2. License file: https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md
  2.  3. Code of Conduct: https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
 Please let me know if you have any questions about the package or if you have any suggestions to improve our application.
Kind regards, also on behalf of my PhD supervisors Prof. Ben Derudder and Prof. Ate Poorthuis,
Céline Van Migerode

From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
Sent: vrijdag 4 oktober 2024 17:43
To: Céline Van Migerode <celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be<mailto:celine.vanmigerode at kuleuven.be>>
Cc: incubator at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Incubator] Request to register Flexurba as an OSGeo community project

The first step is to create an osgeo project page, we cannot add you to the program if we cannot show off your work!

See
https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/add-a-project/

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Jody Garnett

On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM Céline Van Migerode via Incubator <incubator at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:incubator at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
Dear Incubator Committee,

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.

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.

Against this backdrop, we developed the Flexurba package: a flexible reconstruction of the DEGURBA 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.

For an extensive description of the package and its contribution, please consult the following journal article:

Van Migerode, C., Poorthuis, A., & Derudder, B. (2024). Flexurba: An open-source R package to flexibly reconstruct the Degree of Urbanisation classification. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241262545

With the support of OSGeo, we hope to further extend the Flexurba package and promote its functionalities to a wider audience.

Community Project Application Checklist :

  1.  1. Be Geospatial :

     *   README : https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md
     *   Project Website : https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/

  1.  2. License file: https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md
  2.  3. Code of Conduct: https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md

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.

Warm regards, also on behalf of my supervisors Prof. Ben Derudder and Prof. Ate Poorthuis,
Céline Van Migerode

Céline Van Migerode
PhD researcher of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
KU Leuven Public Governance Institute – Faculty of Social Sciences
KU Leuven Division of Geography and Tourism – Faculty of Science
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