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

[Jody Garnett]

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> wrote:

> Dear Incubator Committee,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Against this backdrop, we developed the Flexurba package: a *flex*ible
> reconstruction of the DEG*URBA* 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.
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> For an extensive description of the package and its contribution, please
> consult the following journal article:
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> 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
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> 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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> Community Project Application Checklist :
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>    - 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/
>    - 2. License file:
>    https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md
>    - 3. Code of Conduct:
>    https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
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> 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.
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> Warm regards, also on behalf of my supervisors Prof. Ben Derudder and
> Prof. Ate Poorthuis,
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> Céline Van Migerode
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> *Céline Van Migerode*
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> 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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