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ntrip_client

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A ROS node that connects to an NTRIP caster to receive RTCM correction data and publishes it on a ROS topic. It also forwards NMEA sentences to the server for network and VRS mountpoints.

  • Stale

Made by MicroStrain by HBK.

Source on GitHub: github.com/LORD-MicroStrain/ntrip_client (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit ca4de0d (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 ca4de0d (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Labels

  • StaleNo commit in 12 months: the newest is from 15 Apr 2025.

What it does

  • Connects to an NTRIP caster and receives RTCM corrections, publishing them on the /rtcm topic.
  • Can publish RTCM messages as mavros_msgs or rtcm_msgs, selected by the rtcm_message_package parameter.
  • Subscribes to the /nmea topic and forwards NMEA sentences to the NTRIP server, for virtual server use.
  • Supports authentication with a username and password, and optional SSL with client certificates and a CA file.
  • Offers separate ROS1 and ROS2 implementations on different branches of the repository.
  • Includes a Docker development setup, driven from VSCode or a Makefile.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit ca4de0d.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Requires ROS, built in a catkin workspace.

Maintenance

Status
Stale: no commit in 12 months
Newest commit
15 Apr 2025 on ros
Latest release
None published on GitHub

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.