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 Help improve our software!
 
-1. Join our [Gitter](https://gitter.im/OpenDroneMap)
-2. Try to keep commits clean and simple
-3. Submit a pull request with detailed changes and test results
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/OpenDroneMap/OpenDroneMap](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/OpenDroneMap/OpenDroneMap?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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+1. Try to keep commits clean and simple
+2. Submit a pull request with detailed changes and test results
 
 Steps to get OpenDroneMap running:
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