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 ## Usage
 
-We think `espatools` is easy to use; give it a try and let us know what you think!
+We think `espatools` is easy to use; give it a try and let us know what you think as this is just the beta-release!
 
 See [this Jupyter Notebook](https://github.com/OpenGeoVis/espatools/blob/master/Example.ipynb) for a demonstration of some simple plotting after reading Landsat imagery.
 

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-Welcome to ``espatools``'s code docs!
-=====================================
+ESPA Tools
+==========
 
-This website hosts the code documentation for the ``espatools`` python package found
-on `GitHub`_ and `PyPI`_. This website documents the code so that users
+.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/espatools/badge/?version=latest
+   :target: https://espatools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
+   :alt: Documentation Status
+
+.. image :: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/espatools.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/espatools/
+   :alt: PyPI
+
+.. image :: https://travis-ci.org/OpenGeoVis/espatools.svg?branch=master
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/OpenGeoVis/espatools
+   :alt: Build Status
+
+An open-source Python package for simple loading of Landsat imagery as NumPy arrays. `Learn more about the API`_. This website hosts the code documentation for the ``espatools`` python package found on `GitHub`_ and `PyPI`_. This website documents the code so that users
 have a convenient and familiar means of searching through the library to understand
 the backend of the features they are using.
 
 
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/OpenGeoVis/espatools/
 .. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/espatools/
 
+.. _Learn more about the API: https://espatools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+Install
+-------
+
+``espatools`` is available from `PyPI`_
+
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/espatools/
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ pip install espatools
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+We think `espatools` is easy to use; give it a try and let us know what you think as this is just the beta-release! See `this Jupyter Notebook`_ for a demonstration of some simple plotting after reading Landsat imagery.
+
+.. _this Jupyter Notebook: https://github.com/OpenGeoVis/espatools/blob/master/Example.ipynb
+
+
+
+
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