---
name: "observations2map"
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/observations2map"
---

# observations2map(1)

Transforms a set of pairs \<pose,observation\> into metric maps.

## NAME

observations2map - Transforms a set of pairs \<pose,observation\> into metric maps.

## SYNOPSIS

observations2map *config\_file.ini* *observations.simplemap* *output\_maps\_prefix*

## DESCRIPTION

**observations2map** reads a multi metric map description from the config file and insert all the observations into it. Then it saves all the metric maps to independent files.  It can be used to generate point maps, occupancy grid maps, or any kind of maps from a  sequence of localized observations.

## 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

**observations2map** 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'.