nav_msgs

This package provides several messages and services for robotic navigation.

For more information about the navigation2 stack in ROS 2, see https://ros-planning.github.io/navigation2/.

For more information about ROS 2 interfaces, see docs.ros.org.

Messages (.msg)

• GridCells: An array of cells in a 2D grid.
• MapMetaData: Basic information about the characteristics of the OccupancyGrid.
• OccupancyGrid: Represents a 2-D grid map, in which each cell represents the probability of occupancy.
• Odometry: This represents an estimate of a position and velocity in free space.
• Path: An array of poses that represents a Path for a robot to follow.

Services (.srv)

• GetMap: Get the map as a nav_msgs/OccupancyGrid.
• GetPlan: Get a plan from the current position to the goal Pose.
• SetMap: Set a new map together with an initial pose.

Quality Declaration

This package claims to be in the Quality Level 2 category, see the Quality Declaration for more details.

Changelog for package nav_msgs

3.0.0 (2021-08-24)

2.3.0 (2021-08-11)

2.2.3 (2021-04-27)

2.2.2 (2021-04-06)

• Change index.ros.org -> docs.ros.org. (#149)
• updating quality declaration links (re: ros2/docs.ros2.org#52) (#145)
• Contributors: Chris Lalancette, shonigmann

2.2.1 (2021-01-25)

2.2.0 (2020-12-10)

• Update QDs to QL 1 (#135)
• Update package maintainers. (#132)
• Updated Quality Level to 2 (#131)
• Add LoadMap service (#129)
• Contributors: Alejandro Hern