Merge branch 'master' into patch-2

Author: Leah Wasser

README.md

@@ -14,20 +14,26 @@ Welcome to the Earth Analytics Environment Repository! Here you will find a cond
 
 ### 1. Install the Earth Lab Conda Environment on your Local Computer.
 
-To begin, install the conda for Python 3.x. We suggest 3.6 now.
+To begin, install git and conda for Python 3.x (we suggest 3.6).
+
+Installing git: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
+
+Installing conda: https://www.anaconda.com/
+
 We recommend installing geo-related dependencies with `conda-forge`. We
 have created a custom yaml list with all of the dependencies that you will
 need to run the lessons in this course. Follow
 these steps below to get your environment ready.
 
 About Conda Environments: https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html
 
-An environment for conda has been created specifically for this course. To load this run:
+An environment for conda has been created specifically for this course. To load it, run:
 
 `conda env create -f environment.yml`
 
 * Note that it takes a bit of time to run this setup
-* Also note that for the code above to work, you need to be in the directory where the `environment.yml` file lives.
+* Also note that for the code above to work, you need to be in the directory where the `environment.yml` file lives (ex: cd earth-analytics-python-env).
+
 
 To manage your conda environments, use the following commands:
 
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ docker run -it -p 8888:8888 earthlab/earth-analytics
 
 To run your earth-analytics image, use the following code:
 
-`docker run -it -p 8888:8888 earthlab/earth-analytics-python-env`
+`docker run --hostname localhost -it -p 8888:8888 earthlab/earth-analytics-python-env`
 
 NOTE: `earthlab/earth-analytics-python-env` is the name of this image as built above. To
 view all images on your computer, type

environment.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ dependencies:
   - gdal
   - geocoder
   - geojson
+  
+  # natural language processing
+  - tweepy
+  - nltk 
 
   # Jupyter Environment
   - notebook