--- basemap-1.0.6/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py~	2013-01-12 10:55:30.000000000 -0600
+++ basemap-1.0.6/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py	2013-02-04 11:06:33.414101599 -0600
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     if not os.path.isdir(basemap_datadir):
         raise RuntimeError('Path in environment BASEMAPDATA not a directory')
 else:
-    basemap_datadir = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data'])
+    basemap_datadir = '/usr/share/basemap'
 
 __version__ = '1.0.6'
 
--- basemap-1.0.6/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py~	2013-01-12 10:55:37.000000000 -0600
+++ basemap-1.0.6/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/pyproj.py	2013-02-04 11:12:04.758094206 -0600
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 "sphere":       {'a':6370997.0,'b':6370997.0,'description':"Normal Sphere"},
 }
 
-pyproj_datadir = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data'])
+pyproj_datadir = '/usr/share/basemap'
 if not os.path.isdir(pyproj_datadir):
     msg="proj data directory not found. Expecting it at: %s"%pyproj_datadir
     raise IOError(msg)