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v14 v15 191 191 == What is GDAL_DATA environment variable? == 192 192 193 GDAL_DATA is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable environment variable] used to specify location of [source:trunk/gdal/data supporting files] used by GDAL library as well as GDAL and OGR utilities. For instance, in order for OGR and GDAL to properly evaluate EPSG codes you need to have the EPSG support files (so called dictionaries, mostly in CSVformat), like [source:trunk/gdal/data/gcs.csv gcs.csv] and [source:trunk/gdal/data/pcs.csv pcs.csv], found in the directory pointed by GDAL_DATA variable.193 GDAL_DATA is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable environment variable] used to specify location of [source:trunk/gdal/data supporting files] used by GDAL library as well as GDAL and OGR utilities. For instance, in order for OGR and GDAL to properly evaluate EPSG codes you need to have the EPSG support files (so called dictionaries, mostly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values CSV] format), like [source:trunk/gdal/data/gcs.csv gcs.csv] and [source:trunk/gdal/data/pcs.csv pcs.csv], found in the directory pointed by GDAL_DATA variable. 194 194 195 195 == How to set GDAL_DATA variable? ==