Install and use the Python version of gdal

First, compile the Python version of gdal. For details about the compilation, refer to the previous blog gdal's swig compilation. The URL is http://blog.csdn.net/liminlu0314/article/details/6945452. Or download the compiled version.

Copy all downloaded files to the Lib \ Site-packages folder under the python installation directory, as shown in:

Then, open Python and enter:

Import osgeo. gdal

Press enter. If an error is displayed, the installation is successful. If no, the installation is successful. A piece of test code:

From osgeo import gdalfrom osgeo. gdalconst import * dataset = gdal. open ("F: \ work \ data \ envi. IMG ", ga_readonly) dataset. getdriver (). shortname # 'envi' # image format dataset. getprojectionref () # 'projcs ["unnamed", geogcs ["nad83", datum ["north_american_datum_1983", spheroid ["GRs 1980", 6378137,298.257222101, authority ["epsg ", "7019"], towgs84 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], authority ["epsg", "6269"], primem ["Greenwich", 0, authority ["epsg", "8901"], Unit ["degree", 0.0174532925199433, authority ["epsg", "9108"], authority ["epsg ", "4269"], projection ["transverse_mercator"], parameter ["latitude_of_origin", 30], parameter ["central_meridian",-84.16666666666667], parameter ["scale_factor ", 0.9999], parameter ["false_easting", 2296587.926509186], parameter ["false_northing", 0], Unit ["foot (international)", 0.3048] '# image projection Information