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01 Planning in satellite maps

Rik Baehnemann edited this page Mar 6, 2020 · 1 revision

The easiest way to plan a coverage path in a satellite map is to use @gareth-cross rviz_satellite.

Getting started

Install polygon_coverage_planning and rviz_satellite into your catkin workspace. Then

roslaunch polygon_coverage_ros coverage_planner_satellite.launch

which will load a special ENU home point and RVIZ configuration to display the satellite map. Here you can use the user interface to generate a polygon and plan a coverage pattern.

Generating a polygon in a satellite map.

Planning a coverage path in a polygon map.

Transform into WGS84

The coverage path waypoints which are received through the service call or waypoint list message /waypoint_list can be transformed by the receiving node for example using @michaelpantic geotf. This tool lets you define a geotf object with an ENU frame (the same that your map is using), and a WGS84 frame, and transform positions from ENU to WGS84.

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