Plugin for rviz for displaying satellite maps loaded from the internet.

In order to use rviz_satellite, add this package to your catkin workspace. Then add an instance of AerialMapDisplay to your rviz config.

The Topic field must point to a latched publisher of sensor_msgs/NavSatFix. Note that rviz_satellite will not repeatedly reload the same GPS coordinates twice (unless you modify something in the GUI options).

You must provide an Object URI (or URL) from which the satellite images are loaded. rviz_satellite presently only supports the OpenStreetMap convention for tile names.

The URI should have the form:

http://otile1.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/sat/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg

This is the default URI, which will load data from MapQuest. The tiles are free, and go up to zoom level 18. For higher zoom levels, consider using MapBox.

• Alpha is simply the display transparency.
• Draw Under will cause the map to be displayed below all other geometry.
• Zoom is the zoom level of the map. Recommended values are 16-19, as anything smaller is very low resolution. 19 is the current max.
• Blocks number of adjacent blocks to load. rviz_satellite will load the central block, and this many blocks around the center. 6 is the current max.

Contact the author (gareth-cross on github), or open an issue.