# VirtuLayer - A GUI for Nav2 Virtual Layer Plugin

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/virtulayer-a-gui-for-nav2-virtual-layer-plugin/57524>\
**Category:** ROS General\
**Tags:** ros2, plugin, nav2, gui\
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/virtulayer-a-gui-for-nav2-virtual-layer-plugin/57524 "2026-08-19T15:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Davis\_Ogunsina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/davis_ogunsina/32/24355_2.png) [@Davis\_Ogunsina](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Davis_Ogunsina)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/virtulayer-a-gui-for-nav2-virtual-layer-plugin/57524/2 "2026-08-19T16:45:14Z")

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Good work and well done . How does virtulayer talk to the running Nav2 stack , does it read live costmap/map server output , or work off static map file ?

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