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-uMap project
-==============
+# uMap project
+
+## About
 
-About
------
 uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers in a minute and embed them in your site.
 *Because we think that the more OSM will be used, the more OSM will be ''cured''.*
-It uses `django-leaflet-storage <https://github.com/yohanboniface/django-leaflet-storage>`_ and `Leaflet.Storage <https://github.com/yohanboniface/Leaflet.Storage>`_,  built on top of Django and Leaflet.
+It uses [django-leaflet-storage](https://github.com/umap-project/django-leaflet-storage) and [Leaflet.Storage](https://github.com/umap-project/Leaflet.Storage),  built on top of Django and Leaflet.
 
 
-Quickstart
-----------
+## Quickstart
 
-Create a geo aware database. See `Geodjango doc <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/>`_ for backend installation.
+Create a geo aware database. See [Geodjango doc](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/install/) for backend installation.
 
-Create a virtual environment::
+Create a virtual environment
 
     virtualenv umap
     source umap/bin/activate
 
-Install dependencies and project::
+Install dependencies and project
 
     cd YOUR_SOURCE_DIR
     git clone https://bitbucket.org/yohanboniface/umap.git
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     pip install -e .
 
-Create a default local settings file::
+Create a default local settings file
 
     cp umap/settings/local.py.sample umap/settings/local.py
 
-Add database connexion informations in `local.py`, for example::
+Add database connexion informations in `local.py`, for example
 
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
@@ -38,12 +36,12 @@ Add database connexion informations in `local.py`, for example::
         }
     }
 
-Add a `SECRET_KEY` in `local.py` with a long random secret key::
+Add a `SECRET_KEY` in `local.py` with a long random secret key
 
     SECRET_KEY = "a long and random secret key that must not be shared"
 
-uMap uses `django-social-auth <http://django-social-auth.readthedocs.org/>`_ for user authentication. So you will need to configure it according to your
-needs. For example::
+uMap uses [django-social-auth](http://django-social-auth.readthedocs.org/) for user authentication. So you will need to configure it according to your
+needs. For example
 
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
         'social_auth.backends.contrib.github.GithubBackend',
@@ -58,27 +56,27 @@ needs. For example::
     TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = "xxx"
     TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = "yyy"
 
-Example of callback URL to use for setting up OAuth apps::
+Example of callback URL to use for setting up OAuth apps
 
  http://umap.foo.bar/complete/github/
 
 Adapt the `STATIC_ROOT` and `MEDIA_ROOT` to your local environment.
 
-Create the tables::
+Create the tables
 
     python manage.py migrate
 
-Collect and compress the statics::
+Collect and compress the statics
 
     python manage.py collectstatic
     python manage.py compress
 
-Add a site object::
+Add a site object
     python manage.py shell
     from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
     Site.objects.create(name='example.com', domain='example.com')
 
-Start the server::
+Start the server
 
     python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
 
@@ -87,8 +85,7 @@ Go to the admin (http://localhost:8000/admin/) and add:
 - at least one license
 - at least one tile layer
 
-Search
-------
+## Search
 
 UMap uses Postgresql tsvector for searching. It case your database is big, you
 may want to add an index. For that, you sould do so:
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ may want to add an index. For that, you sould do so:
     ALTER FUNCTION to_tsvector(text) IMMUTABLE;
     CREATE INDEX search_idx ON leaflet_storage_map USING gin(to_tsvector(unaccent(name)), share_status);
 
-Translating
------------
+## Translating
 
 Everything is managed through Transifex: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/umap/