PAT comes with some ROS aware tools.
mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
cd ~/catkin_ws/src
catkin_init_workspace
cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin_make
cd ~/catkin_ws/src
ln -s ~/pat/ros_pat .
cd ~/catkin_ws/
catkin_make
source ~/catkin_ws/src/devel/setup.bash
poine@nina:~$ roslaunch ros_pat sim_glider.launch
poine@nina:~$ roslaunch ros_pat sim_multirotor.launch
rosrun ros_pat display_trajectory.py _traj_name:=oval_with_intro
rosrun ros_pat display_track.py
./src/plot_trajectory.py --traj smooth_back_and_forth