diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+dataverse-installations.tsv
diff --git a/json2tsv.py b/json2tsv.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
+import csv
+with open('data/data.json', 'r') as json_file:
+    json_data=json_file.read()
+installations = json.loads(json_data)['installations']
+with open('dataverse-installations.tsv', 'w', newline='') as tsvfile:
+    output = csv.writer(tsvfile, delimiter='\t')
+    header = [
+        'name',
+        'country',
+        'launch_year',
+        'hostname',
+        'continent',
+        'latitude',
+        'longitude',
+        'about_url',
+        'description',
+    ]
+    output.writerow(header)
+    for i in installations:
+        name = i['name']
+        country = i['country']
+        launch_year = i.get('launch_year', None)
+        continent = i['continent']
+        hostname = i['hostname']
+        latitude = i['lat']
+        longitude = i['lng']
+        about_url = i.get('about_url', None)
+        description = i['description']
+        output.writerow([
+            name,
+            country,
+            launch_year,
+            hostname,
+            continent,
+            latitude,
+            longitude,
+            about_url,
+            description,
+        ])