SWY model error: ERROR 4 unable to open ESPG support file gcs.csv

NatCap Software Support
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Hello community and developers,
I am having trouble changing from version 3.7 to version 3.8.
I am running the SWY model, with the the same input data but in version 3.8. I get a " : ERROR 4 unable to open ESPG support file gcs.csv".
I understand that it must be something arround the projection of the spatial files, but it would be good if you could help me elucidate what I should to to modify the files so the model can run.
Log file attached ->InVEST-Seasonal-Water-Yield-log-2020-04-03–11_00_05.txt (1.5 MB)
Thanks in advance,

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Hi @felipebenra,

Could you take a look and your Environment Variables on Windows and see if you have a GDAL_DATA defined? We’ve had issues before where an already-defined GDAL_DATA can mess with InVEST and cause errors like these.

Let us know how this goes!
James

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@jdouglass,
In fact, I changed the already-defined GDAL_DATA by changing it through windows promt (my case).
As I was running the model on a server, so I had to define GDAL_DATA just for my profile. This overruns the default setting of the whole server and makes possible to work without trouble with the SWY model.

thanks,

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Ok great! I’m glad to hear that worked out, and yes, better to just change it in the one process you need it rather than system-wide :slight_smile:

FWIW we’ll be including better handling of GDAL_DATA in a future version of InVEST as well, but until then, we’ll just need to modify environment variables!