Configure OGR for C# in LINQPad

configure-ogr-linqpad.cs

void Main()
{
  Configure();
  
  for (int i = 0; i < OSGeo.OGR.Ogr.GetDriverCount(); i++)
  {
    OSGeo.OGR.Ogr.GetDriver(i).Dump();
  }
}

public static void Configure()
{
  string msPath = @"C:\Code\release-1600-gdal-1-9-mapserver-6-2";
  string pathEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");
  
  if (Directory.Exists(msPath))
  {
    string[] paths = new string[] 
    { 
      Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin"), 
      Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\gdal\plugins"), 
      Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\gdal\csharp"), 
      Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\ms\csharp") 
    };

    foreach (string path in paths)
    {
      if (!pathEnv.Contains(path))
      {
        if (Directory.Exists(path))
        {
          pathEnv = path + ";" + pathEnv;
          Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", pathEnv);
        }
        else
        {
          throw new DirectoryNotFoundException(string.Format("'{0}' directory not found.", path));
        }
      }
    }
  
    // Path to directory containing various GDAL data files
    //   (EPSG CSV files, S-57 definition files, DXF header and footer files, ...).
    // This option is read by the GDAL and OGR driver registration functions. 
    // It is used to expand EPSG codes into their description in the OSR model (WKT based).
    string GDAL_DATA = Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\gdal-data");
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("GDAL_DATA", GDAL_DATA);
    OSGeo.GDAL.Gdal.SetConfigOption("GDAL_DATA", GDAL_DATA);
    
    // Path to directory containing driver files that start with the prefix "gdal_X.dll".
    string GDAL_DRIVER_PATH = Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\gdal\plugins");
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("GDAL_DRIVER_PATH", GDAL_DRIVER_PATH);
    OSGeo.GDAL.Gdal.SetConfigOption("GDAL_DRIVER_PATH", GDAL_DRIVER_PATH);
    
    // Path to directory containing EPSG files for the Proj.4 library.
    string PROJ_LIB = Path.Combine(msPath, @"bin\proj\SHARE");
    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PROJ_LIB", PROJ_LIB);
    OSGeo.GDAL.Gdal.SetConfigOption("PROJ_LIB", PROJ_LIB);
    
    // This line throws an exception if the the wrong version of GDal was found in the path somewhere,
    // or the path didn't point to GDal correctly.
    OSGeo.OGR.Ogr.RegisterAll();
  }
  else
  {
    throw new DirectoryNotFoundException(string.Format("'{0}' directory not found.", msPath));
  }
}