How can i send markers to specified position along with point cloud, inside rviz ?
I was trying to use tf2 method to do that, but dont know how can i achive this task with tf2/ tf1 method, can anyone provide me some idea that how markers( in my case lines, vectors, planes, point with specific color, text). Is their another method rather than tf ? i was sending this marker node to check it:
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <visualization_msgs/Marker.h>
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
ros::init(argc, argv, "basic_shapes");
ros::NodeHandle n;
ros::Rate r(1);
ros::Publisher marker_pub = n.advertise<visualization_msgs::Marker>("visualization_marker", 1);
// Set our initial shape type to be a cube
uint32_t shape = visualization_msgs::Marker::CUBE;
while (ros::ok())
{
visualization_msgs::Marker marker;
marker.header.frame_id = "/my_frame";
marker.header.stamp = ros::Time::now();
marker.ns = "basic_shapes";
marker.id = 0;
marker.type = shape;
marker.action = visualization_msgs::Marker::ADD;
marker.pose.position.x = 0;
marker.pose.position.y = 0;
marker.pose.position.z = 0;
marker.pose.orientation.x = 0.0;
marker.pose.orientation.y = 0.0;
marker.pose.orientation.z = 0.0;
marker.pose.orientation.w = 1.0;
// Set the scale of the marker -- 1x1x1 here means 1m on a side
marker.scale.x = 1.0;
marker.scale.y = 1.0;
marker.scale.z = 1.0;
// Set the color -- be sure to set alpha to something non-zero!
marker.color.r = 0.0f;
marker.color.g = 1.0f;
marker.color.b = 0.0f;
marker.color.a = 1.0;
marker.lifetime = ros::Duration();
// Publish the marker
while (marker_pub.getNumSubscribers() < 1)
{
if (!ros::ok())
{
return 0;
}
ROS_WARN_ONCE("Please create a subscriber to the marker");
sleep(1);
}
marker_pub.publish(marker);
// Cycle between different shapes
switch (shape)
{
case visualization_msgs::Marker::CUBE:
shape = visualization_msgs::Marker::SPHERE;
break;
case visualization_msgs::Marker::SPHERE:
shape = visualization_msgs::Marker::ARROW;
break;
case visualization_msgs::Marker::ARROW:
shape = visualization_msgs::Marker::CYLINDER;
break;
case visualization_msgs::Marker::CYLINDER:
shape = visualization_msgs::Marker::CUBE;
break;
}
r.sleep();
}
}
Inside the rviz i put /my_frame than i could see the markers, but at same time point cloud cant be visualized, how sould i visualize point cloud along with markers?