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+There is [a pull request](https://github.com/mbostock/topojson/pull/129) open on the TopoJSON project to make this process more intuitive; these instructions will be updated based on its acceptance.
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 First, install `browserify` and `brfs` from npm (as well as `planetary.js`, if you haven't already). Then, create your application (here referred to as `app.js`) and bundle it with browserify, running the dependencies through brfs.
 
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