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3D mapping tools for robotic applications
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Any update on using this with Indigo? #56

Open Codebot2455 opened 7 years ago

Codebot2455 commented 7 years ago

Hello,

Do you have any update on getting this to be compatible with Indigo? I tried catkin_make_isolated on the master branch but the 'mapper' node was missing.

pomerlef commented 7 years ago

You need to compile libpointmatcher and libnabo with catkin_make_isolated not this package.

Once both of those libraries are compiled, you can use the branch reintegrate/master_into_indigo_devel and it should be fine.

Codebot2455 commented 7 years ago

Thank you very much for the quick response! I really appreciate all of the hard work that you have put into building this library and for taking the time to answer my questions! This package looks awesome, you did an amazing job building it!!

What is the difference between the branch reintegrate/master_into_indigo_devel and indigo_devel ?

After spending a bunch of time messing with all of the different branches the day after I opened this issue, I was able to get the indigo_devel branch to work but not reintegrate/master_into_indigo_devel. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and ROS Indigo with a Velodyne VLP-16 LIDAR.

I will try again tomorrow to see if I can get the reintegrate/master_into_indigo_devel branch to work on my system. If I'm able to get it working, then would you accept a pull request to update the README with instructions?

pomerlef commented 7 years ago

Essentially, I don't recall what is in indigo_devel. The branches are a mess since a couple of years. We are slowly depreciating the support for the node.

When I fix or add something, it's in reintegrate/master_into_indigo_devel.

Any documentation help is appreciated!

Codebot2455 commented 7 years ago

Do you guys currently use a different open source SLAM software for ROS instead of this one? I've been trying to find a good one to use with a Velodyne LIDAR

anand-bala commented 7 years ago

@bobjohnson2040 Do you have any updates on a good SLAM package to use with a Velodyne LIDAR?