title: Unable to install Python and GDAL (DLL load failed)
body: <p>I am trying to install GDAL and Python on my Windows 7 workstation.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Python-version: 2.6.6</li>
  <li>Gdal 1.8</li>
  <li>(Visual Visual C++ Studio 2010 Express)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I followed the instructions at <a href="http://ucsb.pbworks.com/w/page/1936549/Using-GDAL-with-Python">http://ucsb.pbworks.com/w/page/1936549/Using-GDAL-with-Python</a> and added PYTHONPATH and the GDAL_DATA to my systems environment variables. Furthermore I modified my PATH variable by adding the GDAL binaries folder.</p>
  
  <p>The GDAL Python bindings I downloaded from: <a href="http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/PackageList.aspx?file=release-1600-gdal-1-8-mapserver-5-6.zip">http://vbkto.dyndns.org/sdk/PackageList.aspx?file=release-1600-gdal-1-8-mapserver-5-6.zip</a></p>
  
  <p>"<strong>from osgeo import gdal</strong>" causes the following error-message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;pyshell#2&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      from osgeo import gdal
    File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 21, in &lt;module&gt;
      _gdal = swig_import_helper()
    File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\osgeo\__init__.py", line 17, in swig_import_helper
      _mod = imp.load_module('_gdal', fp, pathname, description)
  ImportError: DLL load failed: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance,
  Martwig</p>