Add nodelet implementation. #41
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Add additional nodelet layer to mirror the node implementation. This allows the Slam GMapping library to be run as a nodelet instead. This would allow you to, for example, run it under the same nodelet manager as the nodelet producing the /scan output for greater efficiency.
Note that this was done in conjunction with a forthcoming change to the turtlebot_navigation package (pull request: turtlebot/turtlebot_apps#158), which serves as an example of the two nodelets running together under the same nodelet manager. Initial testing showed a ~11% reduction in overall memory usage and ~20% CPU usage running the slam_gmapping nodelet and depthimage_to_laserscan nodelet together, as compared to running slam_gmapping in a separate node.