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Mapviz is a highly customizable ROS-based visualization tool focused on large-scale 2D data, with a plugin system for extreme extensibility.

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Getting Started

The easiest way to install Mapviz is using apt-get:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-$ROS_DISTRO-mapviz \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-mapviz-plugins \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-tile-map \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-multires-image

Building From Source

These directions assume you have already set up a catkin workspace. If not, see this tutorial on the ROS Wiki to set one up.

  1. Check out the source

    • Using wstool If you’re using wstool, add this repository to your wstool workspace:

      $ wstool set mapviz --git https://github.com/swri-robotics/mapviz.git
$ wstool update mapviz

    • Using git If you’re not using wstool, you can check out the repository directly with git:

      $ git clone https://github.com/swri-robotics/mapviz.git

  2. Install dependencies

    Install all of the dependencies using rosdep by running the following command from the root of your catkin workspace:

    $ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src

  3. Build the workspace:

    $ catkin_make