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Getting started with gdal/ogr

I found some batch code using ogr2ogr in order to convert and reproject vector layers. The difficulty for me is to know what to install and which gdal commandline should I use, and how to configure ...
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gdal ImportError in python on Windows

Trying to import gdal for Python 2.7.3 on Windows XP: >>> import gdal Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File ...
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Multiple versions of GDAL (32bit and 64bit) on same machine

I currently have GDAL installed on my Windows 7 64bit workstation. It is the 32bit version. I chose the 32 bit version because I wanted to use the GDAL Python bindings with a 32bit installation of ...
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How to echo gdal process to screen and pipe to text file in Windows?

gdal_warp and similar give a nice progress summary when run and I want this output to show in the osgeo shell and also pipe to a text file. The issue is when I add the pipe the output doesn't show on ...
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How to compile GDAL with HDF4? (for dummies)

I need GDAL with both Shapefile and HDF4-Support, if possible in 64 bit. Since the normal GDAL-versions from http://www.gisinternals.com/sdk/ have Shapefile, but no HDF4 and the version from FWTools ...
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Can I change the GDAL/OGR library that QGIS uses?

I have been adding a new format to OGR, all seems well and OGRInfo works. Now I would like to test my code out using QGIS. Is there an easy way to switch which GDAL lib QGIS uses on a windows box? ...
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GDAL Python bindings not picking up OGR PostgreSQL driver

I have a windows server (Microsoft Windows Server 2003) with: Python 2.7, PostgreSQL 9.04-1, GDAL 1.8.1 (installed from the windows installer (gdal-18-1500-core.msi) hosted at ...
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Convert Lambert Conformal Conic to WGS84

I am trying to convert my "Lambert Conformal Conic map with 2 standard parallels" to the basic/standard WGS84 projection that Google Maps use. I have 30 of these maps which I need to convert. They ...
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How to install GDAL with Python on windows?

Can anyone please explain to me in step by step instructions how to install GDAL/OGR with Python on Windows. I have Windows Vista and I have tried following the information on the website and it does ...