[gdal-dev] gdal_array not found in Python

Gregory Yetman gyetman at ciesin.columbia.edu
Mon May 9 16:05:51 EDT 2011


Thanks for the info. I do have numpy installed and working:

 >>> import numpy
 >>> print numpy.version.version
1.5.1



On 5/9/2011 3:58 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
> Le lundi 09 mai 2011 21:51:44, Gregory Yetman a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've installed GDAL 1.8 and have it (mostly) working with Python 2.7.1.
>> I can import all modules from osgeo except gdal_array. There is a
>> gdal_array.py file in the site-packages directory with the other modules.
>>
>> I'm using the binaries (for windows) from here:
>>
>> http://www.gisinternals.com/sdk/PackageList.aspx?file=release-1600-x64-gdal
>> -1-8-mapserver-5-6.zip
>
> I've looked at the ZIP file and I believe the package has been built without
> numpy support. (I'd expect a bin/gdal/python/osgeo/_gdal_array.pyd)
>
> CC'ing Tamas to let him know.
>
>>
>> I get the error message below only when I try and import gdal_array:
>>   >>>  from osgeo import gdal_array
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in<module>
>>     File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\gdal_array.py", line 24, in
>> <module>
>>       _gdal_array = swig_import_helper()
>>     File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\osgeo\gdal_array.py", line 16, in
>> swig_import_helper
>>       import _gdal_array
>> ImportError: No module named _gdal_array
>>
>> I have numpy installed, not sure if that's a requirement or not. Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated!
>
> numpy is a requirement at runtime if you load the gdal_array module.
>
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Greg
>

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