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when using gmapping , gmapping connects the /map frame to /odom frame then you begin to visualize the map in rviz and I suppose that you may use hector_slam for this because hector_slam uses hector_mapping. check out http://www.ros.org/wiki/hector_slam/Tutorials/SettingUpForYourRobot

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