Coarse relocalization support?

microsoft / azure_spatial_anchors_ros

ROS wrapper for the Azure Spatial Anchors Linux SDK, allowing robots (and other devices with vision-based sensors) to co-localize with other robots, AR-enabled phones, and Hololens devices.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/spatial-anchors/

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Coarse relocalization support? #15

Closed SahilMayenkar closed 3 years ago

SahilMayenkar commented 3 years ago

The Azure Spatial Anchors documentation lists support for coarse localization (see here), or using GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth beacons to determine your approximate location in order to determine which anchors to look for. I was wondering if this feature is also supported via the ROS wrapper, given the robot has the relevant sensors.

jeffdelmerico commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately, coarse reloc is not implemented in the Linux version of the SDK, so we can't pipe it through to ROS. I've requested that this feature be included in a future build of the Linux SDK, but since it is a "research preview", it's unclear whether that will get any priority.