What's different between precompiled ROS version (apt-get install ros-indigo-rtabmap-ros) and compiled version from sources?

[vkpankov]

Hi,
With the first version I get good results of visual odometry.
But when I compile it myself from https://github.com/introlab/rtabmap_ros (to get SURF/SIFT support) and run with the same settings the result are much worse (e.g. error in z is about 1m instead 0.05m).
Why is that?
Thanks, and sorry for my English.

[matlabbe]

Hi,

What settings are you using? Do you have any warning/error messages when starting the new version with those settings?

The indigo binaries are from version of July 2016. There are maybe conflicts with some new parameters. Why sensor are you using, so I could possibly compare version on my side.

cheers,
Mathieu