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The short answer is "no", but the longer answer is "yes".

rviz is just a visualization tool; it just lets you watch what's happening. If you want to generate maps, you want the slam_gmapping stack (in particular, the gmapping package), which is the standard way to do (2D, laser-rangefinder) SLAM in ROS. There's nothing special about stage or gazebo; as far as GMapping is concerned, their data is just as good as the data from a real robot.