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Mapviz

  • Software
  • Navigation and mapping
  • Tool

Mapviz is a ROS-based 2D visualization tool with a plugin system similar to RViz, built for displaying two-dimensional data.

Made by Southwest Research Institute Robotics.

Source on GitHub: github.com/swri-robotics/mapviz (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit ebbefeb (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 ebbefeb (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Visualizes 2D data in a ROS environment.
  • Uses a plugin architecture similar to RViz, with plugins for different data types.
  • Usage documentation is hosted on the project's GitHub Pages site.
  • Packages are published for ROS 2 Humble, Jazzy, Kilted, Lyrical and Rolling, on amd64 and arm64.

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

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
30 Sept 2026 on ros2-devel
Latest release
4.1.2 (28 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots on Robotheca that use 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.