## page was renamed from map server/Reviews/2009-09-20 API Review
= API review =

Proposer: '''Brian Gerkey'''

Present at review:
 *List reviewers

We're reviewing the map format, and the command-line and ROS APIs of map_server and map_saver:
 * http://www.ros.org/wiki/map_server

== Question / concerns / comments ==
Enter your thoughts on the API and any questions / concerns you have here.  Please sign your name.  Anything you want to address in the API review should be marked down here before the start of the meeting.

 * Bhaskara
  * Probably more in keeping with current ROS conventions to have the map be a latched message on a topic?
  (./) Added a latched advertisement on the '''map''' topic.  The service is left in, because it's also convenient, and there's a lot of existing code that uses it.  The documentation is updated, with a note that the service may eventually be phased out.

== Meeting agenda ==
To be filled out by proposer based on comments gathered during API review period

== Conclusion ==
Package status change  mark change manifest)
 * /!\ Action items that need to be taken.
 * {X} Major issues that need to be resolved

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