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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have gdal installed via OSgeo4W including gdal-python. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I am trying to run gdal_merge.py from the OSGeo4W Shell and get the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> File "C:\OSGeo4W\bin\gdal_merge.py", line 32, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> import gdal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\openev\pymod\gdal.py", line 191, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> import _gdal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ImportError: No module named _gdal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can anyone shed any light on how to correct this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kurt <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>**************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Kurt Menke, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Bird’s Eye View <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/" title="http://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Work: 505-265-0243<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Cell: 505-362-1776</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>