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 ## Running the code
 
+First of all, please make sure you are running Python 2.7.
+
 While the pole extractor is represented by its own Python module [poles.py](poles/poles.py), the mapping and localization module are implemented separately for NCLT [(ncltpoles.py)](poles/ncltpoles.py) and KITTI [(kittipoles.py)](poles/kittipoles.py) due to the different representations of the datasets.
 For closer information about the workings of the implementation, please read the paper and follow the source code documentation.
 
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 ```bash
 pip install numpy matplotlib open3d-python progressbar pyquaternion transforms3d scipy scikit-image networkx psutil
 ```
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+Then, please check out the [ray tracing repository](https://github.com/acschaefer/ray_tracing) and build it.
+
+With these prerequisites, you are ready to run the experiments and the different modules.