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A Modular and Multi-Modal Mapping Framework
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A Modular and Multi-Modal Mapping Framework

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## News
* **November 2022:** maplab 2.0 initial release with new features and sensors. [Paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.00654.pdf).
* **July 2018:** Check out our release candidate with improved localization and lots of new features! [Release 1.3](https://github.com/ethz-asl/maplab/releases/tag/1.3).
* **May 2018:** maplab was presented at [ICRA](https://icra2018.org/) in Brisbane. [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10250) / [Initial Release](https://github.com/ethz-asl/maplab/releases/tag/initial_release).

## Description

This repository contains **maplab 2.0**, an open research-oriented mapping framework, written in C++, for multi-session and multi-robot mapping. For the original maplab release from 2018 the source code and documentation is available [here](https://github.com/ethz-asl/maplab/releases/tag/1.3).

**For documentation, tutorials and datasets, please visit the [wiki](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/index.html).**

## Features

### Robust visual-inertial odometry with localization

### Large-scale multisession mapping and optimization

### Multi-robot mapping and online operation

### Dense reconstruction

### A research platform extensively tested on real robots

## Installation and getting started

The following articles help you with getting started with maplab and ROVIOLI:

- [Installation on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/installation/A_Installation-Ubuntu.html)
- [Introduction to the maplab framework](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/overview_and_introduction/A_The-Maplab-Framework.html)
- [Running ROVIOLI in VIO mode](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/tutorials-rovioli/B_Running-ROVIOLI-in-VIO-mode.html)
- [Basic console usage](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/tutorials-maplab/basics/A_Basic-Console-Usage.html)
- [Console map management](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/tutorials-maplab/basics/C_Console-map-management.html)

**More detailed information can be found in the [wiki pages](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/index.html).**

## Research Results

The maplab framework has been used as an experimental platform for numerous scientific publications. For a complete list of publications please refer to [Research based on maplab](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/overview_and_introduction/C_Related-Research.html#additional-citations).

## Citing

Please cite the following papers [maplab](https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10250) and [maplab 2.0](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00654) when using our framework for your research:

```bibtex
@article{schneider2018maplab,
title={{maplab: An Open Framework for Research in Visual-inertial Mapping and Localization}},
author={T. Schneider and M. T. Dymczyk and M. Fehr and K. Egger and S. Lynen and I. Gilitschenski and R. Siegwart},
journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
volume={3},
number={3},
pages={1418--1425},
year={2018},
doi={10.1109/LRA.2018.2800113}
}
```

```bibtex
@article{cramariuc2022maplab,
title={{maplab 2.0 – A Modular and Multi-Modal Mapping Framework}},
author={A. Cramariuc and L. Bernreiter and F. Tschopp and M. Fehr and V. Reijgwart and J. Nieto and R. Siegwart and C. Cadena},
journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
volume={8},
number={2},
pages={520-527},
year={2023},
doi={10.1109/LRA.2022.3227865}
}
```

### Additional Citations

Certain components of maplab are directly based on [other publications](https://maplab.asl.ethz.ch/docs/master/pages/overview_and_introduction/B_Citing-Maplab).

## Credits

* Thomas Schneider
* Marcin Dymczyk
* Marius Fehr
* Kevin Egger
* Simon Lynen
* Mathias Bürki
* Titus Cieslewski
* Timo Hinzmann
* Mathias Gehrig
* Florian Tschopp
* Andrei Cramariuc
* Lukas Bernreiter

For a complete list of contributors, have a look at [CONTRIBUTORS.md](https://github.com/ethz-asl/maplab/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.md)