[gdal-dev] layer.GetSpatialRef() fails on linux for shapefiles

Javier Jimenez Shaw j1 at jimenezshaw.com
Mon Sep 18 04:51:04 PDT 2023


Hi Jonathan

Which exact RuntimeError are you getting? It can be for several reasons
(probably an installation or configuration issue).

Best,
Javier


On Mon, 18 Sept 2023 at 11:06, Jonathan Moules <jonathan-lists at lightpear.com>
wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I'm trying to get vector layer information via OGR and Python:
>
> ```
>
> layer.GetSpatialRef()
>
> ```
>
> This works fine for me on Windows with GDAL 3.7.1 on various different
> types of files (Shapefile, GPKG, GML, KML, GDB).
>
> But for my colleague on Ubuntu 22.0.4.3, also on GDAL 3.7.1 (via Conda),
> they get a Python RuntimeError for all shapefiles (the exact same
> shapefiles that work fine for me). It works for Geopackages for them.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
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