chore: remove legacy pointcloud topics and point types

[mojomex]

PR Type

• Improvement

Description

The PointXYZIR and PointXYZIRADT types are not used by Autoware anymore and are obsolete. Remove their

• publishers,
• conversion functions,
• type definitions and
• documentation.

Review Procedure

Confirm Nebula works with Autoware even when these topics are removed. This does not need a build/launch: confirming that the topics are not used is enough.

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[knzo25]

@mojomex (cc: @drwnz )

Outside autoware, having the classic XYZI (I as a float) is quite standard. Would you prefer explicitly dropping compatibility with all non-autoware packages?

[drwnz]

@mojomex (cc: @drwnz )

Outside autoware, having the classic XYZI (I as a float) is quite standard. Would you prefer explicitly dropping compatibility with all non-autoware packages?

Good point Kenzo. Let's include it.