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+## Once run this will define: 
+## 
+## QGIS_FOUND       = system has QGIS lib
+##
+## QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY     = full path to the CORE library
+## QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY      = full path to the GUI library
+## QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR       = full path to where QGIS plugins are installed
+## QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR      = where to find headers 
+##
+## Tim Sutton
+
+#MESSAGE("Searching for QGIS")
+IF(WIN32)
+  #MESSAGE("Searching for QGIS in C:/program files/Quantum GIS")
+  IF (MINGW)
+  FIND_PATH(QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR libnortharrowplugin.dll 
+	  "C:/Program Files/Quantum GIS/plugins" 
+	  )
+  FIND_PATH(QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR qgsapplication.h 
+	  "C:/Program Files/Quantum GIS/include" 
+	  )
+  FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_core PATHS 
+	  "C:/Program Files/Quantum GIS/" 
+	  )
+  FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_gui PATHS 
+	  "C:/Program Files/Quantum GIS/" 
+	  )
+  ENDIF (MINGW)
+
+  IF (MSVC)
+  FIND_PATH(QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR libnortharrowplugin.dll 
+    "C:/OSGeo4W/app/qgis/plugins"
+	  "C:/Program Files/Quantum GIS/lib/qgis" 
+	  )
+  FIND_PATH(QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR qgsapplication.h 
+    "C:/OSGeo4W/include"
+	  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include/qgis" 
+	  )
+  FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_core PATHS 
+    "C:/OSGeo4W/lib"
+	  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/" 
+	  )
+  FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_gui PATHS 
+    "C:/OSGeo4W/lib"
+	  "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/" 
+	  )
+  ENDIF (MSVC)
+
+ELSE(WIN32)
+  IF(UNIX) 
+
+    # try to use bundle on mac
+    IF (APPLE)
+      #MESSAGE("Searching for QGIS in /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS")
+      #SET (QGIS_MAC_PATH /Applications/qgis1.0.0.app/Contents/MacOS)
+      SET (QGIS_MAC_PATH /Applications/qgis1.1.0.app/Contents/MacOS)
+      SET (QGIS_LIB_DIR ${QGIS_MAC_PATH}/lib)
+      SET (QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR ${QGIS_MAC_PATH}/lib/qgis CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
+      # set INCLUDE_DIR to prefix+include
+      SET(QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR ${QGIS_MAC_PATH}/include/qgis CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
+      ## extract link dirs 
+      SET(QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY ${QGIS_LIB_DIR}/libqgis_core.dylib CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
+      SET(QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY ${QGIS_LIB_DIR}/libqgis_gui.dylib CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
+    ELSE (APPLE)
+      #MESSAGE("Searching for QGIS in /usr/bin; /usr/local/bin")
+      FIND_PATH(QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR libnortharrowplugin.so
+        /usr/lib64/qgis/plugins
+      	/usr/lib/qgis
+        /usr/local/lib/qgis/plugins
+	      "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/qgis/plugins" 
+	      "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/qgis" 
+      )
+      FIND_PATH(QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR qgis.h 
+       /usr/include/qgis
+       /usr/local/include/qgis
+	     "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/include/qgis" 
+       )
+      FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_core PATHS 
+       /usr/lib64
+       /usr/lib
+       /usr/local/lib
+	     "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/" 
+       )
+       FIND_LIBRARY(QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY NAMES qgis_gui PATHS 
+       /usr/lib64
+       /usr/lib
+       /usr/local/lib
+	     "$ENV{LIB_DIR}/lib/" 
+       )
+    ENDIF (APPLE)
+  ENDIF(UNIX)
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+
+
+IF (QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR AND QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY AND QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY)
+   SET(QGIS_FOUND TRUE)
+ENDIF (QGIS_INCLUDE_DIR AND QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY AND QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY)
+
+IF (QGIS_FOUND)
+   IF (NOT QGIS_FIND_QUIETLY)
+     MESSAGE(STATUS "Found QGIS Core: ${QGIS_CORE_LIBRARY}")
+     MESSAGE(STATUS "Found QGIS Gui: ${QGIS_GUI_LIBRARY}")
+     MESSAGE(STATUS "Found QGIS Plugins Dir: ${QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR}")
+   ENDIF (NOT QGIS_FIND_QUIETLY)
+ELSE (QGIS_FOUND)
+   IF (QGIS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+      MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find QGIS")
+   ENDIF (QGIS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+ENDIF (QGIS_FOUND)