### In blogs [EarthLab landsat in python lesson 3](https://www.earthdatascience.org/courses/use-data-open-source-python/multispectral-remote-sensing/landsat-in-Python/remove-clouds-from-landsat-data/) [Python for Geosciences: Raster bit masks explained (step by step)](https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/python-for-geosciences-raster-bit-masks-explained-step-by-step-8620ed27141e) [http://karthur.org/2021/fast-bitflag-unpacking-python.html](http://karthur.org/2021/fast-bitflag-unpacking-python.html) ### Other packages https://github.com/haoliangyu/pymasker - last updated 2017. takes only files on disks. https://github.com/mapbox/rio-l8qa - last updated 2017. landsat 8 only. https://github.com/ubarsc/python-fmask - python version of fmask, not sure if it will do end user bit unpacking
In blogs
EarthLab landsat in python lesson 3
Python for Geosciences: Raster bit masks explained (step by step)
http://karthur.org/2021/fast-bitflag-unpacking-python.html
Other packages
https://github.com/haoliangyu/pymasker - last updated 2017. takes only files on disks.
https://github.com/mapbox/rio-l8qa - last updated 2017. landsat 8 only.
https://github.com/ubarsc/python-fmask - python version of fmask, not sure if it will do end user bit unpacking