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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`_) in 2D and 3D 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
Getting started
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* Learn to use Cartographer at `our Read the Docs site`_.
* Please join the `mailing list`_ and ask questions.
.. _our Read the Docs site: https://google-cartographer.readthedocs.io
.. _mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-cartographer
Contributing
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You can find information about contributing to Cartographer at `our Contribution
page`_.
.. _our Contribution page: https://github.com/googlecartographer/cartographer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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