Error when trying to build octomap_mapping from source (Windows 10)

[Adrian2702]

Description

I want to use the octomap_mapping package to visualize a point cloud created with an Intel-Realsense D455 camera as a 3D occupancy grid mapping in RViz. I encounter an error when I try to create octomap_mapping from the source code.

My environment

• ROS Distro: Melodic
• OS Version: Windows 10
• Visual Studio Community 2019 (2) - 16.11.8
• Desktop Development with C++
• Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.0)

Steps to reproduce

First I created a workspace (C:\octomap_ws) and cloned the source code with Git into (C:\octomap_ws\src). I cloned the source code from the kinetic-devel branch as described in the instructions for the ROS Distro Melodic. I then run catkin_make in C:\octomap_ws. I come across an error that says: Could NOT find octomap_ros (missing: octomap_ros_DIR).
As described in the CMakeLists of octomap_server, it is necessary to have the octomap_ros package. So I cloned it from [Github octomap_ros] (https://github.com/OctoMap/octomap_ros) to my C:\octomap_ws\src folder. I ran catkin_make and the previously described error disappeared. However, I am now encountering this new error:

Does anybody have an idea how to solve this problem and to build the source code without errors?

[wxmerkt]

Hi @Adrian2702
To my knowledge, this code has not been tested or used under Windows. As thus, I am not surprised by the build failures. We'd be happy to accept a PR to fix the issues.

Best,
Wolfgang