[FWTools] RE: Using Python bindings with latest version of FWTOOLS - And Clip Vector Data

[Frank Warmerdam]

Vince,

FWTools already includes python bindings which you could use.  If you
want to use the pypi bindings then they depend on the standard GDAL
binaries which you have found.  It is possible to mix these standard
DLLs into FWTools but there is some risk of conflicts.  I would generally
suggest you keep them separate.

Best regards,

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Vince Ulfig <vulfig at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> I recently started using the GDAL / OGR utilities from FWTools and love
> them.
> Thank you.
>
> I installed the python bindings for GDAL from this page:
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/GDAL
>
> I found that I had to install gdalwin32-1.5 in addition to FWTools and add
> C:\gdalwin32-1.5\bin to the path variable,
> in order to get the python bindings to work.
> I ran some code that attempts to import ogr
> and use some of the objects,
> and found that I could not import ogr
> until I added the path described above.
>
> I then found that the only files in
> C:\gdalwin32-1.5\bin
> that were not included in
> c:\program files\fwtools2.1.0\bin
> were gdal15.dll and geos_c_fw.dll.
> When I copied these files to
> c:\program files\fwtools2.1.0\bin
> and removed C:\gdalwin32-1.5\bin
> from the path variable, I could still import ogr.
>
> Is this a reasonable method for using the python bindings for gdal?
> Is it better to install both FWTOOLS and gdalwin32-1.5?
>
> When I had both in the path,
> I put gdalwin32-1.5/bin in the path in front of FWTOOLS.
> Does this make sense?
>
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