{"categories":[{"label":"Information Analysis","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-information-analysis"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Extends PySTAC to support the Point Cloud Extension specification, enabling description and cataloging of point cloud datasets with metadata for point count, encoding, density, schemas, and statistics.","skillfed_tags":["stac-extension","point-cloud","geospatial-metadata"],"use_cases":["Catalog lidar or photogrammetry datasets with standardized point cloud metadata in a STAC collection.","Add point count, encoding, and density information to STAC items describing 3D point data.","Build searchable repositories of point cloud data using STAC with extension-compliant metadata.","Integrate point cloud metadata into geospatial data pipelines that use PySTAC for catalog management."],"what_it_does":"pystac-ext-pointcloud is a PySTAC extension package that adds support for the Point Cloud Extension specification to the PySTAC catalog framework. It allows developers to attach standardized point cloud metadata\u2014such as point count, encoding format, density information, schema definitions, and statistical summaries\u2014to STAC items and collections. The package targets version 1.0.0 of the Point Cloud Extension specification and is designed to integrate seamlessly with pystac-core.\n\nThe package is actively maintained and supports modern Python versions (3.10 through 3.13). It uses a versioning scheme where the major and minor versions track the extension specification version, with post-releases used for code-only updates. Installation is straightforward with minimal dependencies, making it suitable for projects that need to catalog or query point cloud datasets within a STAC ecosystem.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are building or maintaining a STAC catalog that includes point cloud datasets. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, carries a permissive license, and requires only one lightweight dependency. Install it only if you actually need to describe point cloud data in STAC; it is not a general-purpose tool."},"id":"pystac-ext-pointcloud","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pystac-ext-pointcloud","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pystac-ext-pointcloud.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pystac-ext-pointcloud/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-10","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pystac-ext-pointcloud","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Point Cloud extension for PySTAC"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":3981613,"position":2427,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.1"}