Track the International Space Station (ISS) with Processing

ISS.pde

// http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/ISS-Location-Now/
// https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro
// https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/

JSONObject json;
double latitude, longitude;
int zoomVal = 3;

PImage img;

void setup() {
  size(640,480);
  frameRate(1);
}

void draw() {
  json = loadJSONObject("http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json");
  latitude  = json.getJSONObject("iss_position").getDouble("latitude");
  longitude = json.getJSONObject("iss_position").getDouble("longitude");
  
  String mapurl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?";
  // String apiKey = "???"; // create your own key, see Google link above
  String center = "&center=" + Double.toString(latitude) + "," + Double.toString(longitude);
  String zoom   = "&zoom=" + Integer.toString(zoomVal);
  String size   = "&size=640x480";
  String options = center + zoom + size + apiKey;
 
  img = loadImage(mapurl + options, "png");
  image(img, 0, 0);
  ellipse(width/2, height/2, 10, 10);
}

thanks, i just tweaked one tiny thing in my fork. Sadly you can't make an pull request for an gist