---
name: "carmen2simplemap"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mrpt-apps"
version: "1:2.14.7+ds-1+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/carmen2simplemap"
---

# carmen2simplemap(1)

Convert robotic datasets between CARMEN and simplemap formats

## NAME

carmen2simplemap - Convert robotic datasets between CARMEN and simplemap formats

## SYNOPSIS

carmen2simplemap  \[-z \<0: none, 1-9: min-max\>\] -i *carmen.log* -o\
              *map.simplemap* \[-q\] \[-w\] \[--\] \[--version\] \[-h\]

carmen2simplemap --help

## DESCRIPTION

**carmen2simplemap** is a command-line application to convert a CARMEN robotic  dataset (with corrected poses already in it) into the "simplemap" file format,  which can be then used to build metric maps (points, occupancy grids, etc.).

Arguments:

```
   -z <0: none, 1-9: min-max>,  --compress-level <0: none, 1-9: min-max>
     Output GZ-compress level (optional)
   -i <carmen.log>,  --input <carmen.log>
     (required)  Input dataset (required) (*.log)
   -o <map.simplemap>,  --output <map.simplemap>
     (required)  Output file (*.simplemap)
   -q,  --quiet
     Terse output
   -w,  --overwrite
     Force overwrite target file without prompting.
   --,  --ignore_rest
     Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag.
   --version
     Displays version information and exits.
   -h,  --help
     Displays usage information and exits.
```

## BUGS

Please report bugs at https://github.com/MRPT/mrpt/issues

## SEE ALSO

The application list and their documentation: https://docs.mrpt.org/reference/latest/applications.html

## AUTHORS

**carmen2simplemap** is part of the Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT), and  was originally written by the MAPIR laboratory (University of Malaga).

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Blanco \<joseluisblancoc@gmail.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the BSD License.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the BSD License can be  found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD'.