On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Jason Byers <jabyers@g.clemson.edu> wrote:

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 <duhadway@google.com> 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 <jabyers@g.clemson.edu> 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 <gerkey@willowgarage.com> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM, <jabyers@clemson.edu> 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!

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