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-<package format="3">
-  <name>octomap</name>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
-  <description>octovis is visualization tool for the OctoMap library based on Qt and libQGLViewer. See
-  http://octomap.github.io for details.</description>
-
-  <author email="anasarrak@erlerobotics.com">Anas M'chichou</author>
-  <maintainer email="anasarrak@erlerobotics.com">Anas M'chichou</maintainer>
-  <license>GPLv2</license>
-
-  <url type="website">http://octomap.github.io</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/OctoMap/octomap/issues</url>
-
-
-  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
-
-  <build_depend>octomap</build_depend>
-
-  <exec_depend>octomap</exec_depend>
-
-  <export>
-    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
-  </export>
-
-</package>