import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
data = pd.read_csv('Haiti.csv')
data = data[(data.LATITUDE > 18)& (data.LATITUDE < 20)&(data.LONGITUDE > -75)&(data.LONGITUDE < -70)&data.CATEGORY.notnull()]
def to_cat_list(catstr):
stripped = (x.strip()