Publishing PointCloud2

asked 2011-06-24 03:29:23 -0600

kang
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updated 2016-02-01 11:42:32 -0600

lucasw

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Hi,

I am currently using pcl under ros. i am trying to publish pointcloud2 which I have computed. I already read tutorial from here But somehow I still have not get this right yet.

Let's say I call my computed pointcloud as cloud: pcl::PointCloud<Point>::Ptr cloud_aligned (new pcl::PointCloud<Point>);

and here how I defined for publisher:

ros::NodeHandle nh3;
ros::Publisher pub = nh3.advertise<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2>("alignedcloud", 1);
ros::Rate loop_rate(10);

then here is how I try to call publish:

pub.publish(cloud_aligned);  
ros::spinOnce();
loop_rate.sleep();

Could someone give me some hints?

Best, kang

some errors:

/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp_traits/include/ros/message_traits.h:121: error: 'const class pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>' has no member named '__getMD5Sum'
/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp_traits/include/ros/message_traits.h: In static member function 'static const char* ros::message_traits::DataType<M>::value(const M&) [with M = pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>]':

/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp_serialization/include/ros/serialization.h:142: error: 'const class pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>' has no member named 'serializationLength'
/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp_serialization/include/ros/serialization.h: In static member function 'static void ros::serialization::Serializer<T>::write(Stream&, typename boost::call_traits<T>::param_type) [with Stream = ros::serialization::OStream, T = pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>]':
/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp/include/ros/publisher.h:87:   instantiated from 'void ros::Publisher::publish(const boost::shared_ptr<X>&) const [with M = pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>]'
/ros_diamondback/perception_pcl/pcl/src/tools/reg_icp_ros.cpp:88:   instantiated from here
/ros_diamondback/ros_comm/clients/cpp/roscpp_serialization/include/ros/serialization.h:124: error: 'const class pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>' has no member named 'serialize'

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answered 2011-06-24 04:22:39 -0600

dornhege

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You are mixing two things.

You have a PointCloud and declared the publisher for a sensor_msgs::PointCloud2.

The best way is to use a publisher from pcl_ros (3.1) to directly publish a PointCloud as a sensor_msgs::PointCloud2. Alternatively you would have to convert that manually. The pcl_ros publisher will do this for you.

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Thanks, that was helpful.

kang ( 2011-06-27 02:09:38 -0600 )edit

Does this mean that pcl::PointCloud2 and sensor_msgs::PointCloud2 are not the same? Also, why so much namespace hell with either using pcl or pcl_ros?

ubuntuslave ( 2011-07-20 13:37:15 -0600 )edit

There is no pcl::PointCloud2, only pcl::PointCloud. sensor_msgs::PointCloud2 is a generic structure that can hold any type of pcl::PointCloud (1 float, 30 doubles, whatever). pcl::PointClouds are specialized to whatever type you create them with (e.g. pcl::PointXYZ) and easier to work with in code.