Ah, thanks a lot! 

I hadn't found this CPLPushFinderLocation function. I could then install the 
required files in an app-dependant location (so that I don't interfere with 
user's files if already installed) and set the path during the app 
initialization. 

I will give it a try and let you know the outcome. 

Thank you!

Emmanuel 
> Le 14 févr. 2017 à 17:22, Ari Jolma <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Well,
> 
> In your code you can manage the location where GDAL looks for the files with 
> CPLPushFinderLocation.
> 
> In my case I have Perl modules, which depend on the GDAL Perl module. In a 
> test scenario for the first module it needs to ask installation of the GDAL 
> Perl module, which needs to ask for GDAL itself to be installed. Then GDAL is 
> really private to the GDAL Perl module and the GDAL files are not easy to 
> find by downstream modules. I manage it so that the GDAL Perl module installs 
> the GDAL data files in a shared directory, whose name downstream modules can 
> find out by a known method (Perl module called File::ShareDir). The module 
> then pushes this to the GDAL finder, and so GDAL can find its data files.
> 
> This is perhaps one code layer more than in your application but anyway you 
> need to arrange it so that the your installer stores the name of the GDAL 
> data directory somewhere it can find it in runtime.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Ari
> 
> 14.02.2017, 17:12, Emmanuel d'Angelo kirjoitti:
>> Thanks Ari for the interest!
>> 
>> Unfortunately, my target is to ship for all 3 major OSes (linux, windows, 
>> macOS).
>> Regarding my build system, everything is glued by cmake. Not sure if it's 
>> related, but I build (for now) GDAL as a dynamic lib and PROJ4 as a static 
>> one. Any change here is possible if it helps with the issue. 
>> 
>> Emmanuel 
>> 
>> Le 14 févr. 2017 à 15:52, Ari Jolma <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> 
>>> Emmanuel,
>>> 
>>> I think we need to know the OS you're using.
>>> 
>>> Ari
>>> 
>>> 14.02.2017, 16:48, Emmanuel d'Angelo kirjoitti:
>>>> Dear list,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to package and distribute an application that relies internally 
>>>> on GDAL for some raster / vector manipulation. 
>>>> 
>>>> It may happen in some cases that a user of the application wants to take 
>>>> her outputs to a different coordinate system (typically from some national 
>>>> system to WGS84). As far as I can see, some of these transformations rely 
>>>> on the content of GDAL data files (such as pcs.csv or datum.csv).
>>>> 
>>>> I can install these files locally and use the GDAL_DATA environment 
>>>> variable to find them from my application. However, on the user side, 
>>>> what's the recommended practice? 
>>>> Do I need to ensure that my users have a GDAL_DATA variable set too with 
>>>> the correct data files? I've looked at the build system files, but I 
>>>> couldn't find a way to set this path relative to my application (which 
>>>> would let me install these files inside the app package and distribute 
>>>> them with the application).
>>>> 
>>>> Any hint to put me on the right track would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Emmanuel
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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