Photogrammetry Python Packages

cars

CARS is a dedicated and open source 3D tool to produce Digital Surface Models from satellite imaging by photogrammetry.

osml-imagery-toolkit

Image processing and photogrammetry routines for satellite and UAV imagery. Sensor models, tiling, orthorectification, and feature management.

vlsift

Cython wrapper of the VLFeat toolkit

deep-image-matching

Multiview matching with deep-learning and hand-crafted local features for COLMAP and other SfM software.

isistools

Python-based review tools for ISIS3 coregistration workflows. Replaces Qmos and Qnet.

dji-geotagger

A precise PPK + MRK-based geotagging tool for DJI RTK drones

asap-stereo

Ames Stereo Automated Pipeline (ASAP) for reproducible DEMs

sharp-frame-extractor

Extract sharp still frames from video (CLI)

photo4d

Open source project to perform time-lapse photogrammetry

demcompare

A tool to compare Digital Elevation Models

pymccrgb

Multiscale curvature classification of point clouds with color features

metashape-mcp

AI-powered photogrammetry automation — MCP server for Agisoft Metashape Professional 2.3+. Control the full pipeline (alignment, dense cloud, mesh, texture, DEM, orthomosaic, export) using natural language through Claude or any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

cars-mesh

CARS-MESH is a library allow to do 3D Surface reconstruction with texture and classification from remote sensing photogrammetric point cloud.

snow-pc

A python package for automated processing of point clouds to simplify elevation creation, co-registration and differencing to facilitate the production of snow depth and vegetation products.

pytrx

An object-oriented toolset for calculating velocities, surface areas and distances from oblique imagery of glacial environments

droneframe

Extract frames from drone footage along with their EXIF data.

icepy4d

ICEpy4D is a multi-purpose Python package for 4D Image-based Continuos monitoring of glaciers' Evolution with deep learning SfM and low-cost stereo-cameras

weitsicht

A package that uses image georeferencing for monoplotting (single-image pixel-to-3D ray/surface intersection) and for projecting 3D coordinates into an image. Supports perspective imagery and orthophotos.

pymcc-lidar

Python bindings for multiscale curvature classification of point clouds (MCC)

heightcraft

An high-performance, heightmap generation and AI upscaling tool

geosurveymath

A python package for least square analysis in satellite positioning and photogrammetry and other fields in geomatics

colorply

Project made at the IGN research center, for multispectral photogrammetry.