Set_up_python_environment.ipynb

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    "# Setting up gdal\n",
    "I want to be able to use GDAL to create a georeferenced data set and then subset based on given coordinates.\n",
    "\n",
    "Steps (Mac):\n",
    "1. Install osgeo following https://tilemill-project.github.io/tilemill/docs/guides/gdal/\n",
    "2. Update ~/.condarc to include -conda-forge as the first channel\n",
    "3. Create an environment using conda: conda create --yes -n geospatial2 python=2.7 gdal\n",
    "4. source activate geospatial2\n",
    "5. conda install netCDF4\n",
    "6. conda install basemap\n",
    "7. python -m ipykernel install --user --name geospatial2 --display-name \"Python2 Geospatial\" (Creates a kernel that will run in geospatial environment)\n",
    "\n",
    "Now you should be able to start a python session (or notebook) that has gdal enabled."
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