Open spatial science as routine practice: Urban Data/Code contributions from GISRUK 2024

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Beecham R Lovelace R (2023) A framework for inserting visually-supported inferences into geographical analysis workflow: application to road safety research. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis 55: 345–366. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12338

Beecham R Dykes J Hama L , et al. (2021) On the use of ‘glyphmaps’ for analysing Covid-19 reported cases. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10(4): 213. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10040213

Beecham R Tennekes M Wood J (2026) gridmappr: an R package for creating small multiple gridmap layouts. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251374737. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251374737

Credit K Farah I Talen E , et al. (2026) The Walkable Accessibility Score (WAS): a spatially granular open-source measure of walkability for the continental US from 1997 to 2019. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251377116. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251377116

Deakin W (2024) Parenx. GitHub. https://github.com/anisotropi4/parenx

Deakin W Wang Z Parry J , et al. (2026) Route network simplification for transport planning. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251387986. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251387986

ESRI (2024) Subdivide polygon (data management). Available at: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/subdivide-polygon.htm

Fleischmann M Vybornova A Gaboardi J , et al. (2026) Adaptive continuity-preserving simplification of street networks. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 123: 10235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102354

Goodchild MF Li W (2021) Replication across space and time must be weak in the social and environmental sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2015759118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015759118

Huck J (2026) The QGIS polygon divider: polygon partition into an irregular equal area grid. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251378340. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251378340

Morgan M (2026) Carbon & place: data and tools to understand the spatial variation in carbon footprints. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251401613. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251401613

Nelson R Warnier M Verma T (2026) MAP: mapping accessibility for ethically informed urban planning. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 53(3): 23998083251387382. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251387382

Nosek BA Ebersole CR DeHaven AC , et al. (2018) The preregistration revolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115: 2600–2606. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708274114

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Pmav99 (2014) pyroots: Pure Python Solvers for Single-Variable Equations. GitHub. https://github.com/pmav99/pyroots

Schumacher D (2023) ompr: Model and Solve Mixed Integer Linear Programs. R Package Version 1.0.4.9000. GitHub. https://github.com/dirkschumacher/ompr

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