Step-by-step-guide-for-Windows-users.md

+# Step-by-step buide for Windows users
+
+1) Download the file `environment.yml` to your computer
+
+2) Download Anaconda from  https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section  (make sure to get the Python 3.7 version for Windows)
+
+3) Install Anaconda as described here:  https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/windows/
+
+4) Open Anaconda, select 'Environments', then click 'Import'
+
+5) Select the environment.yml file that you downloaded in step 1
+
+6) Click 'Import'
+
+7) Wait a few minutes while the import completes
+
+8) Once the import has completed, a new environment with the name 'env_boat_detector' will appear in the menu to the left. Click the 'Play' button and select 'Open Terminal'. This opens a terminal window.
+
+9) Now you can run the boat detector python scripts with the following commands
+(adjust the paths to the settings file and the input data to match your needs)
+
+```terminal
+boat-preproc.exe -c  C:\Users\Sarah\settings.json -i C:\Users\Mitch\Data\ -r -v
+boat-detect.exe -c  C:\Users\Sarah\config_detector.json
+```terminal