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grid_map_geo

  • Software
  • Navigation and mapping
  • Library

A ROS 2 package that extends the grid_map elevation map library with georeferenced data, reading raster and vector geospatial files through GDAL.

Made by ETHZ ASL.

Source on GitHub: github.com/ethz-asl/grid_map_geo (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 9d9979e (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 9d9979e (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Adds georeferencing to the grid_map elevation map library.
  • Uses GDAL to read georeferenced images and GeoTIFF files.
  • Includes a launch file that loads a GeoTIFF file and displays it in rviz.
  • Can be built with colcon and its dependencies installed through rosdep.
  • Ships a Dockerfile and Makefile shortcuts for building and running it in a container.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 9d9979e.

Getting started

Difficulty
Advanced
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
A system that runs ROS 2 Humble, or Docker where ROS 2 Humble is not supported.

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
13 Jan 2026 on ros2
Latest release
v1.0 (19 Feb 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.