basemap ImportError: No module named 'mpl_toolkits.basemap'

Question

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap  

gives

ImportError: No module named \'mpl_toolkits.basemap\'  

I inst

Answer 1

I think you need to install from source, not via conda, as per the docs :

https://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html

Answer 2

try install basemap from source

pip install https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip

Answer 3

Try to install it with this command:

conda install -c conda-forge basemap

"Only the 'crude' and 'low', resolution datasets are installed by default" .You may need to install the following for high resolution:

conda install -c conda-forge basemap-data-hires