Error Message:lookupTransform base_link to laser timed out. Could not transform laser scan into base_frame.

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When i run roslaunch hector_slam_launch tutorial.launch and rplidar_ros rplidar.launch , i get an error message lookupTransform base_link to laser timed out. Could not transform laser scan into base_frame.

I am able to open up RVIZ, but displays Fixed Frame: No tf data. Actual error: Fixed Frame [map] does not exist.

My tf tree says no tf data received.

Here is all my rostopic list: /clicked_point /initialpose /map /map_metadata /map_updates /move_base_simple/goal /poseupdate /rosout /rosout_agg /scan /slam_cloud /slam_out_pose /syscommand /tf /tf_static /trajectory

Here is my launch file:

<launch>

<arg name="tf_map_scanmatch_transform_frame_name" default="scanmatcher_frame"/> <arg name="base_frame" default="base_footprint"/> <arg name="odom_frame" default="nav"/> <arg name="pub_map_odom_transform" default="true"/> <arg name="scan_subscriber_queue_size" default="5"/> <arg name="scan_topic" default="scan"/> <arg name="map_size" default="2048"/>

<node pkg="hector_mapping" type="hector_mapping" name="hector_mapping" output="screen">

<!-- Frame names -->
<param name="map_frame" value="map" />
<param name="base_frame" value="base_link" />
<param name="odom_frame" value="base_link" />

<!-- Tf use -->
<param name="use_tf_scan_transformation" value="true"/>
<param name="use_tf_pose_start_estimate" value="false"/>
<param name="pub_map_odom_transform" value="false"/>

<!-- Map size / start point -->
<param name="map_resolution" value="0.050"/>
<param name="map_size" value="$(arg map_size)"/>
<param name="map_start_x" value="0.5"/>
<param name="map_start_y" value="0.5" />
<param name="map_multi_res_levels" value="2" />

<!-- Map update parameters -->
<param name="update_factor_free" value="0.4"/>
<param name="update_factor_occupied" value="0.9" />    
<param name="map_update_distance_thresh" value="0.4"/>
<param name="map_update_angle_thresh" value="0.06" />
<param name="laser_z_min_value" value = "-1.0" />
<param name="laser_z_max_value" value = "1.0" />

<!-- Advertising config --> 
<param name="advertise_map_service" value="true"/>

<param name="scan_subscriber_queue_size" value="$(arg scan_subscriber_queue_size)"/>
<param name="scan_topic" value="$(arg scan_topic)"/>

<!-- Debug parameters -->

  <param name="output_timing" value="false"/>
  <param name="pub_drawings" value="true"/>
  <param name="pub_debug_output" value="true"/>
  </node>

</launch>