[ros-users] Release: OctoMap 1.2 and updated octomap_mapping…

I'm pleased to announce the release of OctoMap 1.2, along with the
updated octomap_mapping ROS stack for diamondback, electric, and
unstable (see http://octomap.sf.net/ and
http://www.ros.org/wiki/octomap_mapping). This is major step up from the
OctoMap 1.0 release and features many under-the-hood improvements
(speedup, leaner code, testing, bug fixes) as well as an improved
interface for fellow developers. Key features of the new version are: an
adjustable sensor model, node-iterators, time-stamped nodes, and an
improved make system. A clean separation of the visualization library
means that the octomap_mapping stack no longer depends on Qt or OpenGL
(our visualization "octovis" will be released later as an additional ROS
package). Furthermore, all output in the octomap package is now using
proper ROS log levels (thanks to Eric Perko for the patch).

Detailed changelog:
http://octomap.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octomap/tags/v1.2/octomap/CHANGELOG.txt

Download OctoMap (stand-alone library and visualization):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octomap/files/octomap-1.2.0.tar.gz/download

ROS packages for diamondback, electric, and unstable are being built and
will be available soon. Until then, you can get the octomap_mapping
stack from http://code.google.com/p/alufr-ros-pkg/

Your friendly neighborhood OctoMap team (Kai and Armin)

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Armin Hornung
Humanoid Robots Lab, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Contact: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~hornunga