Added republish_tf_static.py for convenience when replaying rosbags with /tf_static not latched

rtabmap_util/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ install(PROGRAMS
 #  scripts/gazebo_ground_truth.py
   scripts/transform_to_tf.py
   scripts/yaml_to_camera_info.py
+  scripts/republish_tf_static.py
   DESTINATION lib/${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 

rtabmap_util/scripts/republish_tf_static.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import rclpy
+from rclpy.node import Node
+from rclpy.qos import DurabilityPolicy
+from rclpy.qos import HistoryPolicy
+from rclpy.qos import QoSProfile
+from tf2_msgs.msg import TFMessage
+
+class StaticTransformRepublisher(Node):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__('static_transform_republisher')
+        qos = QoSProfile(
+                depth=1,
+                durability=DurabilityPolicy.TRANSIENT_LOCAL,
+                history=HistoryPolicy.KEEP_LAST,
+                )
+        self.publisher_ = self.create_publisher(TFMessage, '/tf_static', qos)
+        self.data = TFMessage()
+        self.subscription = self.create_subscription(
+            TFMessage,
+            '/tf_static_old',
+            self.listener_callback,
+            10)
+        self.subscription  # prevent unused variable warning
+
+    def listener_callback(self, msg):
+        if len(self.data.transforms) == 0:
+            self.data = msg
+        else:
+            self.data.transforms = self.data.transforms + msg.transforms
+        self.get_logger().info('"Received /tf_static_old and republising latched /tf_static"')
+        self.publisher_.publish(self.data)
+
+def main(args=None):
+    rclpy.init(args=args)
+    static_transform_republisher = StaticTransformRepublisher()
+    rclpy.spin(static_transform_republisher)
+    minimal_publisher.destroy_node()
+    rclpy.shutdown()
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()