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This scenario looks like you should be able to get good results with hector_mapping (at least if your LIDAR ist not severly range-limited). You should be able to use it as a drop-in replacement for gmapping as described here. Can now also be installed via packages:

sudo apt-get install ros-fuerte-hector-slam

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