diff -r -u basemap-0.99.4/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py basemap-0.99.4-new/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py
--- basemap-0.99.4/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py	2009-08-05 09:28:16.000000000 -0800
+++ basemap-0.99.4-new/lib/mpl_toolkits/basemap/__init__.py	2010-04-12 19:42:45.000000000 -0800
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     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__ = '0.99.4'