> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/getting-start.md).

# Getting Started

## Overview

Welcome to PeopleMap! To begin using PeopleMap, you must first navigate to the terminal on your computer and clone the [repository](https://github.com/poloclub/people-map) using the command:

```
git clone https://github.com/poloclub/people-map.git
```

{% hint style="info" %}
**Quick Note**: Make sure you are using [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) before installing the following dependencies
{% endhint %}

## Dependencies Installation

1. Now that you have successfully cloned the repository, it is time to begin the process of installing the dependencies necessary for PeopleMap before moving on to the next steps: 
   * To install the dependencies, navigate to the root of the project in terminal
   * Run the following command which will install all the required packages from **requirements.txt** file in the main directory of the PeopleMap repository:

     ```
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     ```
2. After successfully cloning the repository and installing the necessary dependencies, please go to the page below to begin scraping researcher data:

{% content-ref url="/pages/-M6kzrPZ7O2\_PO8GXojP" %}
[Broken mention](broken://pages/-M6kzrPZ7O2_PO8GXojP)
{% endcontent-ref %}