README.md

@@ -54,14 +54,33 @@ In order to run PyLoT you need to install:
 
 #### Some handwork:
 
-Some extra information on error estimates (just needed for reading old PILOT data) and the Richter magnitude scaling
+PyLoT needs a properties folder on your system to work. It should be situated in your home directory
+(on Windows usually C:/Users/*username*):
+
+    mkdir ~/.pylot
+
+In the next step you have to copy some files to this directory:
+
+*for local distance seismicity*
+
+    cp path-to-pylot/inputs/pylot_local.in ~/.pylot/pylot.in
+
+*for regional distance seismicity*
+
+    cp path-to-pylot/inputs/pylot_regional.in ~/.pylot/pylot.in
+
+*for global distance seismicity*
+
+    cp path-to-pylot/inputs/pylot_global.in ~/.pylot/pylot.in
+
+and some extra information on error estimates (just needed for reading old PILOT data) and the Richter magnitude scaling
 relation
 
     cp path-to-pylot/inputs/PILOT_TimeErrors.in path-to-pylot/inputs/richter_scaling.data ~/.pylot/
 
 You may need to do some modifications to these files. Especially folder names should be reviewed.
 
-PyLoT has been tested on Mac OSX (10.11), Debian Linux 8 and on Windows 10/11.
+PyLoT has been tested on Mac OSX (10.11), Debian Linux 8 and on Windows 10.
 
 ## Release notes
 
@@ -70,7 +89,6 @@ PyLoT has been tested on Mac OSX (10.11), Debian Linux 8 and on Windows 10/11.
 - event organisation in project files and waveform visualisation
 - consistent manual phase picking through predefined SNR dependant zoom level
 - consistent automatic phase picking routines using Higher Order Statistics, AIC and Autoregression
-- pick correlation correction for teleseismic waveforms
 - interactive tuning of auto-pick parameters
 - uniform uncertainty estimation from waveform's properties for automatic and manual picks
 - pdf representation and comparison of picks taking the uncertainty intrinsically into account
@@ -79,7 +97,7 @@ PyLoT has been tested on Mac OSX (10.11), Debian Linux 8 and on Windows 10/11.
 
 #### Known issues:
 
-Current release is still in development progress and has several issues. We are currently lacking manpower, but hope to assess many of the issues in the near future.
+We hope to solve these with the next release.
 
 ## Staff
 
@@ -92,4 +110,4 @@ Others: A. Bruestle, T. Meier, W. Friederich
 
 [ObsPy]: http://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki
 
-September 2024
+August 2024