Ok so I drew up the map to scale using the GIMP image editor, and created the YAML file named map.yaml, and ran the command line rosrun map_server map_server map.yaml after running roscore in a separate terminal but it just sits idle saying [ INFO] [1301019197.508222505]: Loading map from image "./riggs_basement_metric.xcf" and my map's name is riggs_basement_metric.xcf and is in the same package folder as the yaml file. Is the map file supposed to be located somewhere else? Or am I making some kind of error? Thanks for any help, Jason On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Charles DuHadway wrote: > The map is represented as an image file. See > http://www.ros.org/wiki/map_server for details on the format. You can use > any image editor to create it. The GIMP is what I've used in the past. > > Charles > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Jason Byers wrote: > >> So how would I draw this map in ROS, like is there a certain application >> or tutorial for it? >> Thanks, >> Jason >> >> >> Sure, you can draw a map by hand, or even use an architectural >>> floorplan. As long as it's reasonable accurate, and to scale, >>> localization should work ok. >>> >>> brian. >>> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Brian Gerkey wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM, wrote: >> > I am currently working on using ROS to build a map of a building for a >> > robot to use SLAM coding to navigate through said building. However, I >> > have limited access to the robot, as an undergrad, due to the need for >> the >> > grad students to use the robot for their various projects. I was >> wondering >> > if there was anyway to build a map of the building using just the values >> > from the laser range finder, so just the dimensions of the building, >> > without physically using the robot, and then to just load it onto the >> > robot when I get the chance and have the robot localize itself by >> > comparing its range finder values with the values of the map? Thanks for >> > any help! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >