map_server

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map_server Quick Facts

Category

🧭 Navigation

Debian package

nav2_map_server-None

License

BSD-3-Clause

Source code

https://github.com/ros-navigation/navigation2/tree/main/nav2_map_server

The Map Server hosts a map expressed as an OccupancyGrid and makes it available in ROS 2 with the /map and the /map_server/load_map

To configure this node, please refer to the Nav2 Map Server Configuration guide.

For more information about this node and its usage, check the nav2_map_server package.

Node management

How to check the status of the node?

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# this  a copy-pastable snippet using rosnode/rostopic to check the node is working

How to access the node’s logs?

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How to start/stop/restart the node

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Using in your code/application

Access via the robot’s GUI

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Access via ROS standard tools

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Using in Python

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Using in C++

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Reference

Subscribed topics

Published topics

Actions server

Actions client

Services