Is rplidar enough to use gmapping?

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Hello, I am new to ROS. Excuse me if this question sounds trivial.

I am using rplidar A1 to create a map of the environment using gmapping. I have recorded the laserscan in /scan topic into a bag file using the rplidar_ros package. The required topics for gmapping are mentioned as /scan and /tf.

I have also created the tf tree using the static_transform_publisher. The tf tree follows this order. odom->base_footprint->base_link->base_laser. I have nothing set up with the rplidar.

I know that the map->odom transform is created by the slam_gmapping node itself. I can also view the laser points in rviz when i run the command roslaunch rplidar_ros view_rplidar.launch

Here is my launch file that i am using to generate the transforms.

<launch>

    <node pkg="tf" type="static_transform_publisher" name="laser_broadcaster" args="0 0 0 0 0 0 base_link base_laser 100" />

    <node pkg="Nodes" type="odom_publisher.py" name="odometry_publisher" output="screen"/>

    <node pkg="tf" type="static_transform_publisher" name="footprint_broadcaster" args="0 0 0 0 0 0 base_footprint base_link 100" />

</launch>

My odometry_publisher node publishes no data for now as i dont have wheel encoders but it has a transform broadcaster for odom->base_footprint.

Could someone please tell me if need any other data such as odometry or imu messages for gmapping to work or if i am missing something from the steps that i did.

Thank you.