grid_map_geo
This package provides a georeferenced extension to the elevation map grid_map using GDAL, library for raster and vector geospatial data formats
Authors: Jaeyoung Lim
Affiliation: ETH Zurich, Autonomous Systems Lab
Setup
Install the dependencies. This package depends on gdal, to read georeferenced images and GeoTIFF files.
Pull in dependencies using rosdep
source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
rosdep update
# Assuming the package is cloned in the src folder of a ROS workspace...
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y
Build the package
colcon build --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --packages-up-to grid_map_geo
Docker Setup
If your operating system doesn’t support ROS 2 humble, docker is a great alternative.
First of all, you have to build the project and create an image like so:
## Assuimg you are in the correct project directory
docker build -t gmg .
To use a shortcut, you may use the following command:
## Assuimg you are in the correct project directory
make docker_build
After the image is created, copy and paste the following command to the terminal to run the image:
## Assuimg you are in the correct project directory
docker run -it --net=host --ipc=host --privileged --env="DISPLAY" --env="QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1" --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw" --volume="${XAUTHORITY}:/root/.Xauthority" --entrypoint /bin/bash gmg
To use a shortcut, you may use following command:
make docker_run
Running the package at docker image
If you are in the docker image , this project is already sourced and the default launch file can be run as the following command;
ros2 launch grid_map_geo load_tif_launch.xml
Running the package
The default launch file can be run as the following command.
source install/setup.bash
ros2 launch grid_map_geo load_tif_launch.xml