Add python basemap package

pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix

@@ -14007,4 +14007,41 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  basemap = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "basemap-1.0.7";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/matplotlib/matplotlib-toolkits/basemap-1.0.7/basemap-1.0.7.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0ca522zirj5sj10vg3fshlmgi615zy5gw2assapcj91vsvhc4zp0";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy matplotlib pillow ];
+    buildInputs = with self; with pkgs ; [ setuptools geos proj ];
+
+    # Standard configurePhase from `buildPythonPackage` seems to break the setup.py script
+    configurePhase = ''
+      export GEOS_DIR=${pkgs.geos}
+    '';
+
+    # The installer does not support the '--old-and-unmanageable' option
+    installPhase = ''
+      ${python.interpreter} setup.py install --prefix $out
+    '';
+
+    # The 'check' target is not supported by the `setup.py` script.
+    # TODO : do the post install checks (`cd examples && ${python.interpreter} run_all.py`)
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "http://matplotlib.org/basemap/";
+      description = "Plot data on map projections with matplotlib";
+      longDescription = ''
+        An add-on toolkit for matplotlib that lets you plot data on map projections with
+        coastlines, lakes, rivers and political boundaries. See
+        http://matplotlib.github.com/basemap/users/examples.html for examples of what it can do.
+      '';
+      licences = [ licenses.mit licenses.gpl2 ];
+    };
+  };
+
 }); in pythonPackages