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If you can load your map properly and visualize it in RViz then you can use the Publish Point tool. This will publish the clicked point coordinates on the topic /clicked_point.

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Note that this will only publish the position of the clicked point. If you want to set orientation too then you can use some of the 2d Pose RViz tools or write your own plugin tool based on them.

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