Compiling GDAL python bindings on windows

setup-gdal-compile-env.bat

rem Assumes visual studio build tools installed
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat
conda activate <env name>
conda install -c conda-forge gdal

rem Uninstalling pre-installed python bindings to show that we can compile ourselves
pip uninstall gdal

rem Set environment variables 
set INCLUDE=C:\<conda install location>\envs\<env name>\Library\include;%INCLUDE%
set LIB=C:\<conda install location>\envs\<env name>\Library\lib;%LIB%

pip install gdal
rem alternatively
rem pip install --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-IC:\<conda install location>\envs\<env name>\Library\include" --global-option="-LC:\<conda install location>\envs\<env name>\Library\lib" gdal