NASA Ames Stereo Pipeline

The NASA Ames Stereo Pipeline is a robust suite of automated geodesy and stereogrammetry tools. It is specifically designed for processing planetary imagery captured from various sources, including orbiting and landed robotic explorers on other planets. This open-source software facilitates the creation of high-resolution topographic data and other derived products from raw image pairs.

Developed by NASA Ames, the Stereo Pipeline offers capabilities for tasks such as digital elevation model (DEM) generation, orthorectification, and image registration. It provides a powerful command-line interface, making it suitable for both individual researchers and large-scale automated processing workflows in planetary science and remote sensing.

The project is hosted on GitHub, emphasizing its collaborative and free and open-source software nature. This toolset is crucial for researchers and scientists working on mapping and understanding the surfaces of other planets, leveraging advanced photogrammetry techniques to extract detailed topographic information.