We can show you the world

Mapviz is a highly customizable ROS-based visualization tool focused on large-scale 2D data, with a plugin system for extreme extensibility.

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Getting Started

The easiest way to install Mapviz is using apt-get:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-$ROS_DISTRO-mapviz \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-mapviz-plugins \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-tile-map \
                       ros-$ROS_DISTRO-multires-image

Building From Source

These directions assume you have already set up a colcon workspace. If not, see this tutorial on the ROS 2 Wiki to set one up.

Check out the source

Using vcstool If you’re using vcstool, add this repository to your vcstool workspace:

$ cat mapviz.repos
# example repos file to import
repositories:
  vcstool:
    type: git
    url: https://github.com/swri-robotics/mapviz.git
    version: ros2-devel
$ vcs import < mapviz.repos

Using git If you’re not using vcstool, you can check out the repository directly with git:
```
$ git clone https://github.com/swri-robotics/mapviz.git
```

Install dependencies
Install all of the dependencies using rosdep by running the following command from the root of your colcon workspace:
```
$ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src
```
Build the workspace:
```
$ colcon build
```