/map_metadata#
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Metadata for the current map (OccupancyGrid) with its size, origin, etc.
Quick snippets#
Check the publication rate#
$ ros2 topic hz /map_metadata
Display the data published on the topic#
$ ros2 topic echo /map_metadata
How to use in your code#
Subscribe to the topic using Python#
1#!/usr/bin/env python
2
3import rclpy
4from rclpy.node import Node
5
6from nav_msgs.msg import MapMetaData
7
8
9class MapMetadataSubscriber(Node):
10
11 def __init__(self):
12 super().__init__('map_metadata_subscriber')
13 self.subscription = self.create_subscription(
14 MapMetaData,
15 '/map_metadata',
16 self.listener_callback,
17 10)
18
19 def listener_callback(self, msg):
20 # see https://docs.ros2.org/latest/api/nav_msgs/msg/MapMetaData.html
21 # for the msg structure
22 self.get_logger().info('I heard: "%s"' % msg.data)
23
24
25if __name__ == '__main__':
26 rclpy.init(args=args)
27
28 subscriber = MapMetadataSubscriber()
29
30 rclpy.spin(subscriber)
31
32 rclpy.shutdown()
Subscribe to the topic using C++#
1#include <memory>
2
3#include "rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp"
4#include "nav_msgs/msg/map_meta_data.hpp"
5
6using std::placeholders::_1;
7using namespace rclcpp;
8
9class MapMetadataSubscriber : public rclcpp::Node
10{
11public:
12 MapMetadataSubscriber()
13 : Node("map_metadata_subscriber")
14 {
15 subscription_ = this->create_subscription<nav_msgs::msg::MapMetaData>(
16 "/map_metadata",
17 10,
18 std::bind(&MapMetadataSubscriber::topic_callback, this, _1));
19 }
20
21private:
22 void topic_callback(const nav_msgs::msg::MapMetaData::SharedPtr msg) const
23 {
24 // see https://docs.ros2.org/latest/api/nav_msgs/msg/MapMetaData.html
25 // for the msg structure
26 RCLCPP_INFO_STREAM(this->get_logger(), "Got " << msg->data);
27 }
28
29 Subscription<nav_msgs::msg::MapMetaData>::SharedPtr subscription_;
30};
31
32int main(int argc, char * argv[])
33{
34init(argc, argv);
35spin(std::make_shared<MapMetadataSubscriber>());
36shutdown();
37return 0;
38}