Get the ISS position, calculate the distance to a specific place and post the value to Ubidots

ISS.py

from ubidots import ApiClient
import requests,time
from math import *

#Connect to Ubidots

api = ApiClient('a21ebaf64e14d195c0044fcxxb9f6dab9d653af3')

#Instantiate local variable from Ubidots

local_distance = api.get_variable('54ca7a2176254xxxfd4b9493f')

def main():

	while(1):
	    #Get current ISS position
	    req_iss = requests.get('http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json')
	    dict = req_iss.json()
	    latlong = dict['iss_position'];
	    lat1 = latlong['latitude']
	    lon1 = latlong['longitude']
	    #Calculate Distance to Home

	    lat2 = 50.085305
	    lon2 = -5.315853

	    d = getDistance(lat1,lon1,lat2,lon2)
	    d = round(d,1)
	    #Send value to Ubidots
	    local_distance.save_value({'value':d,'context':{'lat':lat1,'lng':lon1}})
	    time.sleep(1)

def getDistance(lat1,lon1,lat2,lon2):
    R = 6371; 					#Radius of the earth in km
    dLat = deg2rad(lat2-lat1);  # deg2rad below
    dLon = deg2rad(lon2-lon1); 
    a = sin(dLat/2) * sin(dLat/2) + cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * cos(deg2rad(lat2)) * sin(dLon/2) * sin(dLon/2) 
    c = 2 * atan2(sqrt(a), sqrt(1-a)); 
    d = R * c; 					# Distance in km
    return d;

def deg2rad(deg):
  return deg * (pi/180)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()