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octomap_rviz_plugins

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RViz display plugins for visualizing octomap messages in ROS, used to show occupancy maps built with OctoMap in the RViz 3D viewer.

Made by OctoMap development team.

Source on GitHub: github.com/OctoMap/octomap_rviz_plugins (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 00db1ac (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 00db1ac (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Adds display plugins to RViz for rendering octomap messages.
  • Its purpose is visualization of octomap data inside RViz.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 00db1ac.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
3 Feb 2026 on ros2
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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.