Continuing on the theme of interesting things to do with an interactive globe, I added a live satellite tracking mode to sosg. The program polls a local PREDICT server for location and visibility information about the satellites being tracked by it. It draws the name of each satellite and the path it is following in red. It also draws a little icon that turns green when the satellite is visible overhead. There is enough civilization in close proximity to my apartment that I can’t see actually see one pass by, but it is nice to know they are there above me. As before, the ISC licensed code is available on github at git://github.com/nrpatel/SnowGlobe.git