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Look at rosrun dynamic_reconfigure reconfigure_gui. You can adjust the resolution there while it is running. The values can also be set as parameters.

Depending on what you need an alternative would be to use a downsampling nodelet. That way you would get a equal distribution of points in space.

For faking a laser, have at look at this package: pointcloud_to_laserscan.

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