OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

[chrisnmills]

Describe the bug
Trying to follow the basic example, I execute
import eeweather
ranked_stations = eeweather.rank_stations(35, -95)

What results is this traceback and OSError:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\eeweather\ranking.py", line 231, in rank_stations
site_climate_zones = get_lat_long_climate_zones(site_latitude, site_longitude)
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\eeweather\geo.py", line 120, in get_lat_long_climate_zones
from shapely.geometry import Point
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\shapely\geometry\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .base import CAP_STYLE, JOIN_STYLE
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\shapely\geometry\base.py", line 18, in <module>
from shapely.coords import CoordinateSequence
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\shapely\coords.py", line 8, in <module>
from shapely.geos import lgeos
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\site-packages\shapely\geos.py", line 145, in <module>
_lgeos = CDLL(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Library', 'bin', 'geos_c.dll'))
File "C:\Users\chris.mills\Miniconda3\envs\openee\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 348, in __init__
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

I get this in both the python interpreter and in jupyter lab, and on two different computers using the steps that follow.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. I have created a fresh conda environment with python=3.6 and then activated it.
2. Ran pip install eeweather.
3. Started the python interpreter or created a new notebook in jupyter lab.
4. import eeweather
5. ranked_stations = eeweather.rank_stations(35, -95)

Expected behavior
As discussed in the documentation: https://eeweather.readthedocs.io/en/latest/basics.html

Screenshots
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Here's what's installed in my environment.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10 (one computer has Pro edition, Version 1909, and the other has Home edition, Version 1903)

Additional context
Is it simply that Windows isn't supported, so I'm better off using Linux?

[chrisnmills]

I just loaded up a Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox and followed the same steps there. This time I got the expected behavior rather than an error, so I guess I'm going to be working in Linux for the time being.

[hareesh-bidgely]

@philngo even I am also getting the same issue on my windows 10 machine in Jupyter notebook.
python3.7.4

import eeweather
ranked_stations = eeweather.rank_stations(35, -95)

error:

---

OSError Traceback (most recent call last)
in
1 import eeweather
----> 2 ranked_stations = eeweather.rank_stations(35, -95)
3

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\eeweather\ranking.py in rank_stations(site_latitude, site_longitude, site_state, site_elevation, match_iecc_climate_zone, match_iecc_moisture_regime, match_ba_climate_zone, match_ca_climate_zone, match_state, minimum_quality, minimum_tmy3_class, max_distance_meters, max_difference_elevation_meters, is_tmy3, is_cz2010)
229 candidates["difference_elevation_meters"] = difference_elevation_meters
230
--> 231 site_climate_zones = get_lat_long_climate_zones(site_latitude, site_longitude)
232 site_iecc_climate_zone = site_climate_zones["iecc_climate_zone"]
233 site_iecc_moisture_regime = site_climate_zones["iecc_moisture_regime"]

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\eeweather\geo.py in get_lat_long_climate_zones(latitude, longitude)
118 """
119 try:
--> 120 from shapely.geometry import Point
121 except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
122 raise ImportError("Finding climate zone of lat/long points requires shapely.")

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\shapely\geometry_init_.py in
2 """
3
----> 4 from .base import CAP_STYLE, JOIN_STYLE
5 from .geo import box, shape, asShape, mapping
6 from .point import Point, asPoint

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\shapely\geometry\base.py in
17
18 from shapely.affinity import affine_transform
---> 19 from shapely.coords import CoordinateSequence
20 from shapely.errors import WKBReadingError, WKTReadingError
21 from shapely.geos import WKBWriter, WKTWriter

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\shapely\coords.py in
6 from ctypes import byref, c_double, c_uint
7
----> 8 from shapely.geos import lgeos
9 from shapely.topology import Validating
10

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\shapely\geos.py in
152 if os.getenv('CONDA_PREFIX', ''):
153 # conda package.
--> 154 _lgeos = CDLL(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Library', 'bin', 'geos_c.dll'))
155 else:
156 try:

~\Anaconda3\lib\ctypes_init_.py in init(self, name, mode, handle, use_errno, use_last_error)
362
363 if handle is None:
--> 364 self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
365 else:
366 self._handle = handle

OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

[hareesh-bidgely]

but the same working fine in ubuntu