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novatel_oem7_driver

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  • Driver or SDK

A ROS driver for NovAtel OEM7 GNSS and SPAN receivers, used to bring their positioning data into ROS systems. Installable as a ROS binary package or built from source.

  • Stale

Made by Hexagon | NovAtel, Canada (checked on github.com/novatel (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/novatel/novatel_oem7_driver (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 0c0e135 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
MIT (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 0c0e135 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Labels

  • StaleNo commit in 12 months: the newest is from 12 Jan 2024.

What it does

  • Provides a ROS driver for NovAtel OEM7 GNSS/SPAN receivers.
  • Documentation for hardware setup, configuration, runtime operation and post-processing is kept on the ROS community wiki.
  • Can be installed as a binary package from the ROS distribution, or built from source with Docker or a local ROS environment.
  • Source builds produce two deb packages: novatel-oem7-driver and novatel-oem7-msgs.
  • Developed and maintained by NovAtel, part of Hexagon.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 0c0e135.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
An OEM7 receiver; ROS Noetic, Melodic or Kinetic; Docker builds assume Ubuntu 18.04 and support only amd64 architecture.

Maintenance

Status
Stale: no commit in 12 months
Newest commit
12 Jan 2024 on master
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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Robots on Robotheca that use it

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