title: Installing GDAL for Python
body: <p>I am trying to install GDAL for python on a Windows XP machine (Python 2.6 currently installed) following the instructions at <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython</a> (as is mirrored in a hundred other places).  It says I need both the GDAL source (or Windows binary) and the python bindings.  The python binding are be downloaded from the python cheeseshop (<a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Python_GDAL/1.3.1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Python_GDAL/1.3.1</a>).  I don't see a download link on this page nor can I locate the python binding elsewhere - all instruction I can find seem to point to the same cheeseshop page.  This seems like I'm either missing something embarrassingly simple or the bindings file has disappeared.  Any thoughts on which it is?  Thanks.</p>