Python: why do I get an error when I call osgeo on mac?

Question

I try to import ogr from osgeo

from osgeo import ogr

but I get the following error

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'osgeo'

Before I installed GDAL, if I do:

pip3 install gdal
Requirement already satisfied: gdal in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages (2.4.1)

which pip
/anaconda3/bin/pip

which python
/anaconda3/bin/python

Show us how you're running the code. (i.e. are you typing `python myprogram.py` at a command line, are you using a GUI, etc.) — John Gordon, Apr 19 '19 at 14:49
@JohnGordon I am using `anaconda` and now I get a different error I typed above — emax, Apr 19 '19 at 15:23
This might help you. [github issue](https://github.com/conda-forge/gdal-feedstock/issues/111) — Khalid Ali, Apr 19 '19 at 15:33
Do `which pip` and `which python` give you executables in the same location? — eduffy, Apr 23 '19 at 11:48
@eduffy did. If I try to install `gdal` via `pip install gdal` I get an error — emax, Apr 23 '19 at 11:50
There appears to be a [complete gdal installer](http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks/) available for macOS, have you tried that? — Asmus, Apr 23 '19 at 21:37
@Asmus I am trying but after different trials I have multiple version on my mac of `gdal` — emax, Apr 24 '19 at 06:59
which version of gdal do you have installed? I'd try to get it down to just one version — Ian Turton, Apr 24 '19 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '19 at 01:29

It will likely do with relative and absolute imports, provided you installed the package correctly. Either doing a simple module name alteration or changing where/how you import should fix this. A detailed explanation is in the top 2 answers to the question linked below.

Relative imports - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named x

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '19 at 10:33

The issue that you are facing is mainly because you are installing the packages with pip3 and it is stored to the site-packages in the native python3.

You are running the code with the python which came with anaconda. The simplest way to solve this is to install gdal with conda.

conda install -c conda-forge gdal

Python: why do I get an error when I call osgeo on mac?

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