How to install basemap on MacOS (BigSur 11.0.1)

Below is a brief summary on how to install basemap. I have not been successful in installing it globally. When installed in a virtual environment, there are no issues. Below are instructions for how to do so; make sure to follow and install dependencies to your virtual environment in the sequence provided. 

Note: This assumes you already have Python >= 3.8 and Anaconda installed.

1. Create a virtual environment:
   1. conda create --name myenv
2. Activate your virtual environment and cd into it
3. Install numpy
   1. conda install numpy
4. Install matplotlib
   1. conda install matplotlib
5. Install cython
   1. conda install cython
6. Install basemap
   1. conda install -c conda-forge basemap

Basemap should successfully install this way. You will be able to access it in your virtual environment only through this method.