[GRASS-user] [ERROR 4:unable to open EPSG support file gcs.csv]

[Helmut Kudrnovsky]

Ang Sherpa wrote
> Thanks for attention,
> 
> Tried everything I could. Any solution to incorporate %GDAL_DATA% in the
> script, other than to manually adding GDAL_DATA path in system variable?
> 
> 
> 
> *Best,*
> *Ang Dawa Sherpa*
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <

> hellik@

> > wrote:
> 
>> Ang Sherpa wrote
>> > Hi users,
>> >
>> > When I tried adding C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 7.2.0\share\gdal to the
>> > system path with following line of code, it doesnot work as expected.
>> Am
>> I
>> > missing something?
>> > My code is
>> > new_path = r'C:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 7.2.0\share\gdal'
>> > os.environ['PATH'] += os.pathsep + new_path
>> >
>> > Still this error persist.
>> > ERROR 4:Unable to open EPSG support file gcs.csv.
>> > Try setting the GDAL_DATA environment variable to point to the
>> directory
>> > containing EPSG csv files.
>> > ERROR: Unknown EPSG code 32645
>> >
>> > *Best,*
>> > *Ang Dawa Sherpa*
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Ang Sherpa <
>>
>> > angsherpa232@
>>
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes, gcs.csv exists in both machine. Well, I reinstalled Grass 7.2 and
>> it
>> >> worked.
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> *Regards,*
>> >> *Ang Dawa Sherpa*
>> >> *GIS technician - Irrigation Master Plan*
>> >> *WRPPF - DOI, Nepal Government*
>> >> *Lalitpur*
>> >> *contact: 984 007 3861*
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Helmut Kudrnovsky <
>>
>> > hellik@
>>
>> > > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Ang Sherpa wrote
>> >>> > Thanks Helmut,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I am using standalone-winGRASS 7.2.0
>> >>> > In both my PC and laptop when: echo %GDAL_DATA% is executed in
>> >>> > winGRASS-console it shows the same location:
>> >>> >
>> >>> > c:\Program Files\GRASS GIS 7.2.0\Share\gdal
>> >>>
>> >>> could you have a look if gcs.csv lives in the folder above?
>> >>>
>> >>> may you re-install your winGRASS standalone-winGRASS 7.2.0?
>> >>> may you try OSGeo4W-winGRASS 7.2.0 (https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/)?
>> >>>
>> >>> can't reproduce the error here at the moment.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> AFAIK adding the gdal related folder to %PATH% doesn't help.
>>
>> As mentioned in the error message, the variable %GDAL_DATA%
>> should be defined in your script.
>>
>>
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Are you running your python script inside or outside a GRASS session? 

Inside a GRASS session of standalone or osgeo4w wingrass, %GDAL_DATA% is
already defined.

If outside, %GDAL_DATA% may need to be defined when GDAL comes in.

Have you maybe multiple gdal installations on your system?

At 

https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_Python

there is 



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