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Loading generated maps into Gazebo

asked 2014-12-09 17:21:42 -0500

genericsoup
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I've got some maps that I've generated using the gmapping/slam packages with a turtle bot. However I would prefer to be working within the simulated environment provided by Gazebo.

Is there a way I can get the pgm/yaml files generated by ROS packages such as gmapping into Gazebo? Ideally it would be loaded in as a heightmap, but even if I could just get the image in as a ground plane sort of thing that would be good.

Any ideas on how to go about doing this?

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answered 2014-12-09 17:31:05 -0500

Stefan Kohlbrecher

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I'm not aware of a tool that can automate this (maybe the building editor for gazebo could help: http://wiki.gazebosim.org/wiki/Buildi... ). I previously used Blender to achieve what you describe. If you know how to use it, it's a few minutes of work to load the map image, trace the walls in 2D and then extrude walls from the 2D footprint, resulting in a mesh you can load in gazebo. How practical this is also depends on how often you have to do it and how complex the maps are, of course.

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Cheers, I think I'm going to have to do this unless I find an alternate method over the next couple of days. Since it is pretty much a one off in this case, it shouldn't be too bad.

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