Using Google Maps images to generate a navigation map/occupancy grid?

asked 2014-08-19 08:39:43 -0500

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Hi,

I was wondering if there are any tools for using images from Google Maps to generate an occupancy grid for navigating outdoors. Specifically:

  1. Is there a software that can directly map lines that I draw on Google Map images to obstacles? For instance, if I manually mark the edge of a building that I see on Google Maps, I want that to show up as an obstacle (black line) on the occupancy map.
  2. How is the scale of the map supposed to be? How do I translate from pixels to meters?

PS - I have been using Gimp to make small changes to maps built.

Thank you.

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about your second question, do you mean the MapMetaData/resolution of the Occupancy grid, there you can say how much meter 1 pixel is. http://docs.ros.org/api/nav_msgs/html... I think 5cm/pixel is the default setting.

pkohout gravatar image pkohout  ( 2014-08-20 01:37:54 -0500 )edit

Thanks! That answers my second question. Any ideas on the first?

2ROS0 gravatar image 2ROS0  ( 2014-08-21 07:35:05 -0500 )edit
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