Setting up PeopleMap

Preparing your Dataset

Now that you have completed the Getting Started section, it is time to begin the gathering data for your analysis.
Using your computer's .csv editor, create a table with a single column titled URL
To fill this .csv, put in the URLs of all the Google Scholar accounts of the researchers you'd like to include in your dataset
- You can go to the Google Scholar search to find the individuals: https://scholar.google.com/
Once you have filled your .csv with all the individual URLs you'd like to include, save it to the root directory of the project and title the file ResearchersDataset

Next, you'll need to run the bash file for beginning the data-gathering and processing steps
Navigate within the terminal to the root directory of the project
After that, run the following command to begin the process:

./dataprocess.sh

This will begin the process of:
- Collecting author information related to their profile and publications on Google Scholar
- Cleaning and preparing the data for analysis
- Performing natural language processing algorithms to extract information related to the researcher dataset
It roughly takes an hour for every 10 researchers included in the researcher dataset
Make sure to keep your computer connected to the Internet while the process is completing

Once the process finishes, a localhost link will be specified in the output, usually in the following form:
```
- Local:      http://localhost:5000
```
Copy the line segment of the form http://localhost:5000 and paste it into the a web browser
- It can be pasted into potentially any web browser but Google Chrome and Firefox tend to work best for the platform
Now that you have the platform fully set up, feel free to begin analyzing and exploring the data!
- To learn more about any of the tools, scroll down to the "What is PeopleMap" section of the webpage
Need help debugging? Navigate to the FAQ page below:

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