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

Thu Oct 31 01:22:24 PDT 2024

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!
- -
Jody Garnett

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:00 Céline Van Migerode <
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>
> *Sent:* vrijdag 25 oktober 2024 16:38
> *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
>
>
>
> 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?
>
> - -
>
> Jody Garnett
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2024 at 10:03:54 PM, Céline Van Migerode <
> 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 :
>
>
>    1. README :
>       https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md
>       2. Project Website :
>       https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/
>
>
>    2. 2. License file:
>    https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md
>    3. 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>
> *Sent:* vrijdag 4 oktober 2024 17:43
> *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 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/
>
>
> - -
>
> 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,
>
>
>
> 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 *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.
>
>
>
> 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 :
>
>    4. 1. Be Geospatial :
>
>
>    1. README :
>       https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/README.md
>       2. Project Website :
>       https://flexurba-spatial-networks-lab-research-projects--e74426d1c66ecc.pages.gitlab.kuleuven.be/
>
>
>    5. 2. License file:
>    https://gitlab.kuleuven.be/spatial-networks-lab/research-projects/flexurba/-/blob/main/LICENSE.md
>    6. 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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