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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+###############################################################################
+# Copyright 2017 The Apollo Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+###############################################################################
+
+import sys
+import rospy
+import gflags
+from gflags import FLAGS
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import matplotlib.animation as animation
+from map import Map
+
+from modules.planning.proto import planning_pb2
+
+REF_LINE_X = []
+REF_LINE_Y = []
+DP_LINE_X = []
+DP_LINE_Y = []
+QP_LINE_X = []
+QP_LINE_Y = []
+
+FLAGS = gflags.FLAGS
+gflags.DEFINE_integer("data_length", 80, "Control plot data length")
+
+
+def callback(data):
+    #print "callback()"
+    global REF_LINE_X, REF_LINE_Y
+    global DP_LINE_X, DP_LINE_Y
+    global QP_LINE_X, QP_LINE_Y
+    planning_pb = planning_pb2.ADCTrajectory()
+    planning_pb.CopyFrom(data)
+
+    for path_debug in planning_pb.debug.planning_data.path:
+        REF_LINE_X = []
+        REF_LINE_Y = []
+        DP_LINE_X = []
+        DP_LINE_Y = []
+        QP_LINE_X = []
+        QP_LINE_Y = []
+        #TODO(yifei) path name need to be updated
+        if path_debug.name == "ref":
+            for path_point in path_debug.path:
+                REF_LINE_X.append(path_point.x)
+                REF_LINE_Y.append(path_point.y)
+        if path_debug.name == "dp":
+            for path_point in path_debug.path:
+                DP_LINE_X.append(path_point.x)
+                DP_LINE_Y.append(path_point.y)
+        if path_debug.name == "qp":
+            for path_point in path_debug.path:
+                QP_LINE_X.append(path_point.x)
+                QP_LINE_Y.append(path_point.y)
+
+
+def listener():
+    rospy.init_node('plot_planning', anonymous=True)
+    rospy.Subscriber('/apollo/planning',
+                     planning_pb2.ADCTrajectory,
+                     callback)
+
+
+def compensate(data_list):
+    if len(data_list) > FLAGS.data_length:
+        data_list = data_list[0:FLAGS.data_length]
+    else:
+        for i in range(FLAGS.data_length - len(data_list)):
+            data_list.append(data_list[-1])
+    return data_list
+
+
+def update(frame_number):
+    #print frame_number, len(REF_LINE_X)
+    if len(REF_LINE_X) == 0:
+        ref_line.set_visible(False)
+    else:
+        ref_line.set_visible(True)
+
+        ref_line_x = compensate(REF_LINE_X)
+        ref_line.set_xdata(ref_line_x)
+
+        ref_line_y = compensate(REF_LINE_Y)
+        ref_line.set_ydata(ref_line_y)
+
+    if len(DP_LINE_X) == 0:
+        dp_line.set_visible(False)
+    else:
+        dp_line.set_visible(True)
+
+        dp_line_x = compensate(DP_LINE_X)
+        dp_line.set_xdata(dp_line_x)
+
+        dp_line_y = compensate(DP_LINE_Y)
+        dp_line.set_ydata(dp_line_y)
+
+    if len(QP_LINE_X) == 0:
+        qp_line.set_visible(False)
+    else:
+        qp_line.set_visible(True)
+
+        qp_line_x = compensate(QP_LINE_X)
+        qp_line.set_xdata(qp_line_x)
+
+        qp_line_y = compensate(QP_LINE_Y)
+        qp_line.set_ydata(qp_line_y)
+    ax.relim()
+    # update ax.viewLim using the new dataLim
+    ax.autoscale_view()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    argv = FLAGS(sys.argv)
+    #listener()
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    X = range(FLAGS.data_length)
+    Xs = [i * -1 for i in X]
+    Xs.sort()
+
+    map = Map()
+    map.load("../../map/data/base_map.txt")
+    map.draw_lanes(ax, False, [])
+    central_y = sum(ax.get_ylim())/2
+    central_x = sum(ax.get_xlim())/2
+
+    ref_line, = ax.plot(
+        [central_x] * FLAGS.data_length, [central_y] * FLAGS.data_length,
+        'b', lw=3, alpha=0.5, label='reference')
+    dp_line, = ax.plot(
+        [central_x] * FLAGS.data_length, [central_y] * FLAGS.data_length,
+        'g', lw=3, alpha=0.5, label='dp path')
+    qp_line, = ax.plot(
+        [central_x] * FLAGS.data_length, [central_y] * FLAGS.data_length,
+        'r', lw=3, alpha=0.5, label='qp path')
+
+    ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, update, interval=100)
+
+    ax.legend(loc="upper left")
+    ax.axis('equal')
+    plt.show()