Visualize corner_radar_driver_msgs/msg/LocationArray

[guenter-schuett-inmach]

Dear users of @bosch-engineering/corner_radar_driver,

would you have a proposal how to visualize topics of type corner_radar_driver_msgs/msg/LocationArray?
Would there be a RViz plugin available?

Thank you

[davemue]

Hi @guenter-schuett-inmach,

thank you for reaching out.

As you noticed, there is currently no dedicated RViz plugin available for the message type corner_radar_driver_msgs/msg/LocationArray.

However, the driver also publishes a second topic named locations_pcl. This topic uses the standard ROS message type sensor_msgs/PointCloud2, which can be visualized directly in RViz using the PointCloud2 display.

In short:

• locations preserves the original structured radar data.
• locations_pcl provides the same detections in a standardized point-cloud representation intended for visualization and downstream processing.

So for visualization in RViz, we recommend using locations_pcl.

I hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any more specific questions.