There's a tutorial for writing an rviz display plugin
here<http://ros.org/doc/groovy/api/rviz_plugin_tutorials/html/display_plugin_tutorial.html>,
though multi-echo laser scan would probably have a lot in common with the
existing LaserScan
display<https://github.com/ros-visualization/rviz/blob/groovy-devel/src/rviz/default_plugin/laser_scan_display.h>
.

A pull request against rviz would be gladly accepted, or you can just keep
it as a separate plugin and release it separately.  The only difference in
the code is the namespace you put it in.


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Dereck Wonnacott <dereck@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, that's an ideal solution!
>
> Thank you. :)
>
> ~Dereck
>
>
> “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high
> and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
> - Michelangelo
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Chad Rockey <chadrockey@willowgarage.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Dereck,
>>
>> UTM-30LX-EW are supported through the new 'urg_node'.  It's going to be a
>> beta release officially in Hydro.  However, the driver is currently
>> available in Groovy as:
>> ros-groovy-urg-node
>>
>> Source for it and the multiecho compatibility library, 'laser_proc' are
>> available at the following:
>> https://github.com/ros-drivers/urg_node
>> https://github.com/ros-perception/laser_proc
>> https://github.com/ros-drivers/urg_c
>>
>> I'm not sure when/if RVIZ will be patched to have a MultiEchoLaserScan
>> display - a pull request would be great.
>>
>> - Chad
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Dereck Wonnacott <dereck@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone out there working on support for the new Hokuyo UTM-30LX-EW
>>> laser scanner?
>>>
>>> If not, I plan on patching hokuyo_node to support multi-echo and
>>> ethernet sensors.
>>>
>>> I don't have much graphics experience but I might try adding multi-echo
>>> support to rviz while I'm at it. :)
>>>
>>> Suggestions and feedback appreciated. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> ~Dereck
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> - Michelangelo
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