[GIS] GDAL “dll not found” error

gdal

After following step by step the instructions here to install GDAL: http://sandbox.idre.ucla.edu/sandbox/tutorials/installing-gdal-for-windows

When I run from osgeo import gdal, I get the following:

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

How could I fix this?

I use python 2.7.10 :: Anaconda 2.3.0 (64b), Windows 10 (64b)

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GDAL core dll's are not on your system path. Perhaps you are running Python on a command window that was opened during the last installation steps? Environment variables changes are not propagated to running "cmd" processes.

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