title: Implement solution to get stable gdal and fiona library versions on Windows
body: <p>I am trying to read a shapefile using python's geopandas in vscode. I successfully installed geopandas using conda, but when I use gpd.read_file, I get the following error output:</p>
  <pre><code>ImportError: the 'read_file' function requires the 'fiona' package, but it is not installed or does not import correctly.
  Importing fiona resulted in: DLL load failed while importing ogrext: The specified module could not be founds
  </code></pre>
  <p>I am trying to follow the following solution: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69521550/importerror-the-read-file-function-requires-the-fiona-package-but-it-is-no">ImportError: the &#39;read_file&#39; function requires the &#39;fiona&#39; package, but it is not installed or does not import correctly. Importing fiona resulted in:</a></p>
  <p>Apparently, I was using below versions of GDAL and fiona combinations which didn't work for me.</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>GDAL-3.3.2-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl</p>
  </blockquote>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Fiona-1.8.20-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl</p>
  </blockquote>
  <blockquote>
  <p>I had to uninstall the above versions and install the below versions instead. This resolved the issue.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <blockquote>
  <p>GDAL-3.2.3-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl</p>
  </blockquote>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Fiona‑1.8.19‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Should I uninstall gdal and fiona using <code>pip uninstall gdal fiona</code> and then use <code>pip install &lt;version&gt;</code> to install the working versions? Also, since the post is from Oct 2021, should I still use the mentioned versions?</p>