Add complete installation guide for COLMAP and GLOMAP on macOS

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+We would like to thank [Asadali242](https://github.com/Asadali242) for providing the installation guide for MAC.
+Leave your comments at [Issue #62](https://github.com/colmap/glomap/issues/62) if you encounter any problems.
+
+## Installing the COLMAP:
+
+*1. Open the Terminal and install the brew dependencies:*
+```
+brew install \
+cmake \
+ninja \
+boost \
+eigen \
+flann \
+libomp \ #(Install Libomp as well)
+freeimage \
+metis \
+glog \
+googletest \
+ceres-solver \
+qt@5 \
+glew \
+cgal \
+sqlite3
+```
+
+*2. Clone the COLMAP repository:*
+```
+git clone https://github.com/colmap/colmap.git
+cd colmap
+```
+
+*3. Ensure Qt5 is in your PATH:*
+```
+export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/bin:$PATH"
+```
+
+*4. Create a build directory:*
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+```
+
+*5. After installing, link Qt5 to make sure it’s accessible:*
+```
+brew link qt@5 --force
+```
+
+*6. Run CMake with the specific paths for ARM Mac(M1 and above):*
+```
+cmake .. -GNinja \
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/flann;/opt/homebrew/opt/metis;/opt/homebrew/opt/suite-sparse;/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5;/opt/homebrew/opt/freeimage"
+```
+
+*7. Build and install COLMAP:*
+```
+ninja
+sudo ninja install
+```
+
+*8. Confirm COLMAP installation by running:*
+```
+colmap -h
+colmap gui
+```
+
+**This is the first part and will install Colmap on your device.**
+
+
+
+## Installing the GLOMAP:
+
+*1. Clone the GitHub repository:*
+```
+git clone https://github.com/colmap/glomap
+cd glomap
+```
+
+*2. Create a build directory:*
+```
+mkdir build
+cd build
+```
+
+*3. Export Environment Variables Again:*
+```
+export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/bin:$PATH"
+export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/lib"
+export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include"
+export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5;/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/lib/pkgconfig"
+```
+
+*4. Run the CMake Command:*
+```
+cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.13_1;/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_C_FLAGS="-Xclang -fopenmp" \
+-DOpenMP_C_LIB_NAMES="libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_CXX_FLAGS="-Xclang -fopenmp" \
+-DOpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES="libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_C_INCLUDE_DIRS="/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include" \
+-DOpenMP_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS="/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include" \
+-DOpenMP_libomp_LIBRARY=/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/lib/libomp.dylib \
+-DOpenMP_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include \
+.. -GNinja
+```
+
+*5. Build the Project:*
+```
+ninja
+```
+
+**NOTE: If at this point, there are build errors related to ‘cholmod.h’ or ‘omp.h’, clean the build and then re-run the make with the following commands:**
+```
+cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.13_1;/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_C_FLAGS="-Xclang -fopenmp -I/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include" \
+-DOpenMP_C_LIB_NAMES="libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_CXX_FLAGS="-Xclang -fopenmp -I/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include" \
+-DOpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES="libomp" \
+-DOpenMP_libomp_LIBRARY=/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/lib/libomp.dylib \
+.. -GNinja
+```
+
+**After the build is successful:**
+
+*6. Install the Built Project:*
+```
+sudo ninja install
+```
+
+*7. Test the Installation:*
+```
+glomap -h
+```
+
+**It should display something like:**
+```
+GLOMAP -- Global Structure-from-Motion
+Usage:
+glomap mapper --database_path DATABASE --output_path
+MODEL
+glomap mapper_resume --input_path MODEL_INPUT --output_path MODEL_OUTPUT
+Available commands:
+help
+mapper
+mapper_resume
+```
+
+
+## Testing with the end-to-end examples provided:
+
+*1. Open the end-to-end example database link provided:*
+https://lpanaf.github.io/eccv24_glomap/
+
+*2. Download one of the datasets provided and extract the zip file.*
+
+*3. Create a new directory named ‘data’ in the root directory ‘glomap’.*
+
+*4. Place the extracted dataset in the directory ‘data’.*
+
+*5. Now navigate back to the project directory ‘glomap’.*
+
+**NOTE: Following commands are assuming the dataset to be south-building:**
+
+*6. Extract Features with COLMAP:*
+```
+colmap feature_extractor \
+--image_path ./data/south-building/images \
+--database_path ./data/south-building/database.db
+```
+
+*7. Match Features with COLMAP:*
+```
+colmap exhaustive_matcher \
+--database_path ./data/south-building/database.db
+```
+
+*8. Run GLOMAP Mapper:*
+```
+glomap mapper \
+--database_path ./data/south-building/database.db \
+--image_path ./data/south-building/images \
+--output_path ./output/south-building/sparse
+```
+
+**This should generate a new directory named ‘output’ in the project directory.**
+
+*9. Visualize the Results:*
+```
+colmap gui \
+--database_path ./data/south-building/database.db \
+--image_path ./data/south-building/images \
+--import_path ./output/south-building/sparse/0
+```