Maps tutorial for pyunconf 2015, Hamburg.
The fastest way is to install Miniconda, that contains conda package manager and Python.
Then open the comand prompt (will work also in Windows) and put:
conda install ipython-notebook pandas matplotlib basemap pip netcdf4
This will set you up for the Basemap part.
Cartopy does not play very well with Basemap, so the easiest way to make it work is to create separate conda environment:
conda create --name cartopy ipython-notebook
acrivate it:
source activate cartopy
Install cartopy from anaconda.org (IOOS channel):
conda install -c https://conda.anaconda.org/ioos cartopy