ANYbotics/grid_map

📋 Changes

• Release of new package to convert grid maps to signed distance fields.
• Several new grid map filters for flexible processing of grid maps:
• Math expression filter based on EigenLab,
• Sliding window math expression filter,
• Normal vector and curvature filter,
• Color map, normal color, light intensity filter,
• ... and more!
• Added new sliding window iterator.
• + 3 more

📋 Changes

• Last release for ROS Jade
• Fixes error in grid_map_rviz_plugin when rendering lines.

📋 Changes

• Added backwards compatibility for costmap_2d conversion in grid_map_ros ([#111](https://github.com/ethz-asl/grid_map/issues/111)).

📋 Changes

• Added new package for octomap to grid map conversion (including demo).
• Added new function for polygon triangulation.
• Added new ROS converter for polygon to triangle lists.
• Moved costmap_2d conversion into a separate package.
• Improved efficiency of mesh conversion.
• Improved visualization to support triangles in all directions.
• Fixed transparency issue for grid maps in RViz. ([#68](https://github.com/ethz-asl/grid_map/issues/68)).
• Fixed return value in `getQuadrant` member function.
• + 4 more

📋 Changes

• Added conversion for Costmap2D from ROS Navigation (#84).
• Added linear interpolation method for data access (with increased efficiency).
• Fixed conversion to/from images in float&double format.
• Added Grid Map message traits to simplify code of the Grid Map RViz plugin (#87).
• Addressing C++ compiler warnings.

📋 Changes

• Added new grid_map_pcl package to convert from PCL mesh to grid map.
• Added functionality to display color from grid map layer.
• Added better handling of basic layers in Grid Map RViz plugin.
• Added functionality to invert rainbow colors in RViz plugin.
• Improved transformation of images to color grid map layers.
• Improved line iterator with start and end positions.
• Added method to retrieve submap size for iterators.
• Improved transformation of images to color grid map layers.
• + 1 more

📋 Changes

• Added new package `grid_map_rviz_plugin` to visualize Grid Map messages as 3d surface plots in RViz (height maps).

📋 Changes

• Release for ROS Kinetic (also for Jade and Indigo).
• Updated dependency to OpenCV for compatibility with OpenCV 2/3.
• Fixed grid_map_loader demo.

📋 Changes

• Separated OpenCV to grid map conversions to new grid_map_cv package. The new methods are more generalized, faster, and can be used without ROS message types.
• Added demos on how to use the new OpenCV conversion methods.
• Several speed improvements and bugfixes.

📋 Changes

• Added new occupancy grid to grid map converter
• Improved efficiency for Grid Map Iterator
• Added new `iterator_benchmark` and `move_demo` nodes

📋 Changes

• added new ellipse iterator tool
• added conversion from grid map to image
• multiple fixes for build server debian package generation