simpletest.py is the simple example given in the Basemap docstrings.
test.py exercises all the available map projections by plotting the etopo
20 minute bathymetry/topography data using imshow.
contour_demo.py demonstrates the use of contour and pcolor with map projections.
plotmap.py is the example on the matplotlib 'screenshots' page (included
in test.py).
nytolondon.py shows how to draw a great circle on a map (NY to London)
ireland.py draws maps of ireland with the crude, low and intermediate
resolution boundary datasets.
quiver_demo.py shows how to plot wind vectors on a map.
randompoints.py demonstrates the use of scatter to plot randomly distributed
points on the earth.