.. Copyright 2016 The Cartographer Authors

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   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

..      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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Cartographer
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Purpose
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`Cartographer`_ is a system that provides real-time simultaneous localization
and mapping `SLAM`_ across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.

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.. _Cartographer: https://github.com/googlecartographer/cartographer
.. _SLAM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping

Documentation
=============

You will find complete documentation for using Cartographer at `our Read the
Docs site`_.

.. _our Read the Docs site: https://google-cartographer.readthedocs.io

Contributing
============

You can find information about contributing to Cartographer at our `Contribution
page`_.

.. _Contribution page: https://github.com/googlecartographer/cartographer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

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    :alt: Cartographer 3D SLAM Demo (6x)
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    :target: https://youtu.be/DM0dpHLhtX0