Map Message C++

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asked 2012-08-08 03:55:55 -0500

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Does anyone have some sample code for publishing a map given a set of coordinates? I am in need... I figured it would be pretty straight forward, then the documentation confused me... Any advice?

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answered 2012-08-08 04:20:42 -0500

DimitriProsser

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The OccupancyGrid message contains three parts:

1) The Header information. This will include the frame_id of the map. When specifying the origin of the map in the MapMetaData, the Pose that you use will be in this frame.

2) The meta data tells you the map resolution, the height, the width, and the time it was created. It also contains the origin of the map in the frame specified in the header's frame_id.

3) The actual data for the map. It's in row-major order, which means you will fill the data array like so: [row0, column0, row1, column1, row2, column2 ...].

NOTE: The catch with this message is that the data array only supports signed 8-bit integers (i.e. char) and can only be filled with values from -128 to +127. I'm not sure what you're trying to do with this map, but keep that in mind.

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I'm implementing an old algorithm as a comparison to mine. It predates SLAM. It's a similar method to mine.

allenh1 ( 2012-08-08 04:24:17 -0500 )edit

Ok. I have a collection of points. I'm starting to understand how to work this... Since I have a list of occupied points, how do I include the blank space/uncharted space?

allenh1 ( 2012-08-08 04:41:50 -0500 )edit

Set those cells to -1 (unknown).

dornhege ( 2012-08-08 05:14:50 -0500 )edit

But where do I start with the map? I have the indices of only occupied. How should I approach iterating through the array to include the spaces that won't be indices of the array? Or is that just a problem for me...

allenh1 ( 2012-08-08 05:17:52 -0500 )edit

For a collection of points, you set those cells to occupied. Usually you'll have some functions like world2grid/grid2world that, given a map convert between points and coords/indices.

dornhege ( 2012-08-08 05:18:24 -0500 )edit

You'd initialize the whole map as unknown.

dornhege ( 2012-08-08 05:19:09 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-08-08 04:14:03 -0500

dornhege

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I don't have sample code, but my interpretation of the message semantics are as follows:

Cell (0, 0) is at info.origin.
Cell (i, j) is at (info.resolution * i, info.resolution * j) transformed by info.origin
Cell (i, j) can be found in data[j + i * info.width]

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