Arun, There is a parameter that you need to set for the costmap to publish visualization information. I believe the parameter is called publish_frequency, and you'll want to make sure its set to something other than 0.0. If you don't set this parameter, nothing will be published by the costmap. You can find documentation on the costmap and its associated parameters here: www.ros.org/wiki/costmap_2d. Hope this helps, Eitan On Apr 28, 2010 9:23 AM, "arun kumar" wrote: Hey, I am trying to create a costmap using the COstmap_2d::Costmap2dros wrapper. I have all the proper parameters set up for the map and I have a pointer that points to the map that is created. I also do COstmap->start after I initialise the costmap. But, the costmap that I create doesnt seem to be publishing anything like the Inflated Obstacles or the Free space etc. DO I have to do some other stuff to get the costmap to publish this information? Also, how can I check to see if the map is correctly being initialised? Thanks for your help.. Arun _______________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@code.ros.org https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users