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Convert pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointCloudXYZI> to pcl::PCLPointCloud2

asked 2015-01-19 21:52:33 -0600

chris_
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updated 2015-01-19 21:52:58 -0600

I am very confused by the online documentation re this topic. I have a node with this publisher:

pointcloud_pub_ = nh_.advertise<pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZI> > ("/cloud", 1, false);

In the callback, this vector is populated, then published.

pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZI> cloud_xyzi_;

How can I simply convert cloud_xyzi_ to PointCloud2 at the final stage before publishing?

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answered 2015-01-20 01:19:25 -0600

Wolf

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You don't need to! Just include the following header:

#include "pcl_ros/point_cloud.h"

advertise your pointcloud_pub_ with type sensor_msgs::PointCloud2

pointcloud_pub_ = nh_.advertise<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2> ("/cloud", 1, false);

and call publish give the point cloud with your explizit type:

pointcloud_pub_.pub( cloud_xyzi_ );

It should implizitly convert between the types.....

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thank you, thats excellent.

chris_ ( 2015-01-20 01:49:57 -0600 )edit

Is this the prefered way to fill a pointcloud2 message? I have a similar scenario where i have a C struct containing each points (x,y,z) values, and dont know how to directly fill the sensor_msgs/PointCloud2 msg

l0g1x ( 2015-02-05 10:08:03 -0600 )edit

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