gps_umd: gps_common | gpsd_client

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Used by (5)

Package Summary

GPS messages and common routines for use in GPS drivers

Contents

  1. Package Summary
  2. Experimental Package
  3. Messages
  4. Nodes
    1. utm_odometry_node
      1. Subscribed Topics
      2. Published Topics
      3. Parameters
  5. Tutorial

Experimental Package

This package is a space to stage messages and common GPS-processing routines that are undergoing a standardization process. Its contents will probably be moved into ros-pkg once they've matured.

Messages

gps_common defines two common messages for GPS drivers to output: gps_common/GPSFix and gps_common/GPSStatus.

In most cases, these messages should be published simultaneously, with identical timestamps.

Nodes

utm_odometry_node

utm_odometry_node converts latitude-longitude readings into UTM odometry

Subscribed Topics

fix (sensor_msgs/NavSatFix)
  • GPS measurement and status

Published Topics

odom (nav_msgs/Odometry)
  • UTM-encoded position

Parameters

~rot_covariance (double, default: 99999)
  • Variance (in meters) to specify for rotational measurements
~frame_id (string, default: Copy frame_id from fix message)
  • Frame to specify in header of outgoing Odometry message

Tutorial

See gpsd_client for an example of a sender node that uses this package's messages.

Wiki: gps_common (last edited 2011-01-31 00:43:32 by KenTossell)

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