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Same frame_id for /fix and /fix_velocity topics

Open CarlosRosuero opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

The frame_id of a NavSatFix message is supposed to help transform from the antenna's position to the car's base_link frame, as per the official definition:

"header.frame_id is the frame of reference reported by the satellite receiver, usually the location of the antenna."

The frame_id of the TwistWithCovarianceStamped message published to /fix_velocity should help transform from the ENU frame to base_footprint. That is, it should contain the orientation of the car in ENU.

However, only one frame_id parameter is exposed to the user, which is used in both the /fix and /fix_velocity topics. It is not possible to create a frame that makes physical sense and contains these two transforms.

CarlosRosuero avatar Mar 15 '22 20:03 CarlosRosuero

Sorry for the late reply. This makes sense. I'd be happy to merge a PR that fixes this.

versatran01 avatar May 05 '22 22:05 versatran01