How to visualize the laser scan data as a local/global map?

asked 2022-01-25 15:45:14 -0500

ymag
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updated 2022-01-25 16:34:21 -0500

Hi, my robot in ros melodic has a lidar and I want to visualize the laser scan data.

Previously I used the local_costmap, but since it became more complicated and now it consists not only of the laser scan data, I am searching for an alternative how to come to a global map or at least as a previous step, to a local map of a fixed size, similar to what local_costmap would give with only one layer of laser scan data.

I guess this is something common, so there should be already a way of doing this, but my search hasn't led me far. I basically need a map (.png image / OccupancyGrid) of what rviz already could visualize (only laser scan). I would appreciate any help, thank you!

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answered 2022-01-25 16:29:24 -0500

miura

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I think the package gmappng can be applied.

http://wiki.ros.org/gmapping

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Thank you, yes, gmapping is actually what I was looking for, but how can I do it from a script? I need an image of the global map with laser scan data so to say every two seconds, and I do not overwrite it, I collect them, so do you know how can I write this with python in a script and not from the terminal?

ymag ( 2022-01-28 12:06:40 -0500 )edit

I think you can create a node that keeps subscribing to the map topic and scan topic, and saves it every 2 seconds. I think the content has changed from the original question, so if you want to continue, would you create another question?

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answered 2022-01-25 16:27:45 -0500

luchko
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Hi,
I think that you are looking for map_saver, which can convert costmap into map file.

Costmap cells can vary from "obstacle" to "free" (with "unknown" special case) as explained in the wiki.
map cells are trinary: obstacle, free, unknown. You will see some configuration variables (as occ and free) for map_saver that will let you personalize thresholds if default ones do not suit your needs.

NB: a little indentation / spaces in your question would have been great ;) thanks!

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Hi, thank you for the answer and for the tip, I updated my question to be easier to read :). And yes, I am familiar with map_saver, but I have no map topic to subscribe to, I do not want the exact information from local or global costmap, I just want the data from laser scan as a map, but it is not yet in a map form, so that I can just save it with map_saver.

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