Ouster SDK - libraries and tools for Ouster Lidar Sensors

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========================================================= Ouster SDK - libraries and tools for Ouster Lidar Sensors

Cross-platform C++/Python Ouster Sensor Development Toolkit

To get started with our sensors, client, and visualizer, please see our SDK and sensor documentation: ouster-sdk/index.html

  • Ouster SDK Documentation <https://docs.ouster.com/sdk-docs/index.html>_
  • Ouster Sensor Public Documentation <https://docs.ouster.com/sensor-docs>_

This repository contains Ouster SDK source code for connecting to and configuring ouster sensors, reading and visualizing data.

  • ouster_core <ouster_core/>_ contains the Ouster SDK core C++ library
  • ouster_algorithm <ouster_algorithm/>_ contains shared perception and mapping algorithms
  • ouster_pcap <ouster_pcap/>_ contains C++ pcap functions for ouster sensors
  • ouster_osf <ouster_osf/>_ contains C++ OSF library to store ouster sensors data
  • ouster_viz <ouster_viz/>_ contains a customizable point cloud visualizer
  • python <python/>_ contains the code for the ouster sensor python SDK (ouster-sdk Python package)

.. note:: Ouster ROS driver code has been moved out to a separate GitHub repository. To get started using the driver follow the instructions provided on the repository's main page: https://github.com/ouster-lidar/ouster-ros

Python Package Installation

Public (PyPI)

To upgrade:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade ouster-sdk

For a fresh install:

python3 -m pip install ouster-sdk

Contact

For support of the Ouster SDK, please use Github Issues <https://github.com/ouster-lidar/ouster-sdk/issues>_ in this repo.

For community discussions and questions, visit the Ouster Community Forum <https://community.ouster.com/>_.

For support of Ouster products outside of the SDK, please use Ouster Customer Support <https://ouster1234567.my.site.com/customers>_.

For suspected security problems, please contact us at security@ouster.io.

License

BSD 3-Clause License, details <LICENSE>_