diff --git a/mergeScans.cpp b/mergeScans.cpp
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+#include "mergeScans.h"
+
+mergeScans::mergeScans(ros::NodeHandle *nh) : sync_(mergeScans::mergeScansSyncPolicy_(2), this->zed2Cloud_, this->zedmCloud_), fusedCloud_((new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>))
+{
+    this->zed2Cloud_.subscribe(*nh, "/zed2/zed2_node/point_cloud/cloud_registered", 2);
+    this->zedmCloud_.subscribe(*nh, "/zedm/zedm_node/point_cloud/cloud_registered", 2);
+    this->mergedCloud_ = nh->advertise<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2>("/zed2/zed2_node/point_cloud/cloud_merged", 1);
+    this->sync_.registerCallback(std::bind(&mergeScans::callBack_, this, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2));
+}
+
+mergeScans::~mergeScans()
+{
+}
+
+void mergeScans::callBack_(const sensor_msgs::PointCloud2::ConstPtr& zed2CloudMsg, const sensor_msgs::PointCloud2::ConstPtr& zedmCloudMsg)
+{
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr zed2Cloud(new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>);
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr zedmCloud(new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>);
+    pcl::fromROSMsg(*zed2CloudMsg, *zed2Cloud);
+    pcl::fromROSMsg(*zedmCloudMsg, *zedmCloud);
+
+    *(this->fusedCloud_) = *zed2Cloud + *(this->transformCloud_(zedmCloud));
+
+    //ROS messages
+    sensor_msgs::PointCloud2 finalCloud;
+    pcl::toROSMsg(*(this->fusedCloud_), finalCloud);
+    finalCloud.header = zed2CloudMsg->header;
+    this->mergedCloud_.publish(finalCloud);
+
+}
+
+pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr mergeScans::transformCloud_(const pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr& localCloud)
+{
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr output(new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>);
+    output->resize(localCloud->size());
+    Eigen::Matrix4f transformation;
+    transformation <<   -1.0 , 0.0 , 0.0 , -0.602,
+                        0.0 , -1.0 , 0.0 , 0.0,
+                        0.0 , 0.0 , 1.0 , 0.0,
+                        0      ,      0        ,       0      ,           1           ;
+
+    pcl::transformPointCloud(*localCloud, *output, transformation);
+
+    return output;
+}
+
+
+//main
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	ros::init(argc, argv, "merge_scans");
+	ros::NodeHandle nh;
+	mergeScans* mergeScans_ = new mergeScans(&nh);
+	ros::MultiThreadedSpinner spinner(12);
+    spinner.spin();
+
+	return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/mergeScans.h b/mergeScans.h
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+#ifndef MERGESCANS_H_
+#define MERGESCANS_H_
+
+//ROS includes
+#include <ros/ros.h>
+#include <ros/console.h>
+
+//all sensor includes
+#include <sensor_msgs/PointCloud2.h>
+
+//message filter includes
+#include <message_filters/subscriber.h>
+#include <message_filters/time_synchronizer.h>
+#include <message_filters/synchronizer.h>
+#include <message_filters/sync_policies/approximate_time.h>
+
+//pcl includes
+#include <pcl/common/eigen.h>
+#include <pcl/common/io.h>
+#include <pcl/point_types.h>
+#include <pcl/point_cloud.h>
+#include <pcl/common/transforms.h>
+#include <pcl/filters/filter.h>
+#include <pcl_conversions/pcl_conversions.h>
+#include <pcl/filters/voxel_grid.h>
+
+class mergeScans
+{
+private:
+    typedef message_filters::sync_policies::ApproximateTime<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2, sensor_msgs::PointCloud2> mergeScansSyncPolicy_;
+    message_filters::Subscriber<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2> zed2Cloud_;
+    message_filters::Subscriber<sensor_msgs::PointCloud2> zedmCloud_;
+    message_filters::Synchronizer<mergeScans::mergeScansSyncPolicy_> sync_;
+    ros::Publisher mergedCloud_;
+    void callBack_(const sensor_msgs::PointCloud2::ConstPtr& zed2CloudMsg, const sensor_msgs::PointCloud2::ConstPtr& zedmCloudMsg);
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr transformCloud_(const pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr& localCloud);
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZRGB>::Ptr fusedCloud_;
+public:
+    mergeScans(ros::NodeHandle *nh);
+    ~mergeScans();
+};
+
+
+#endif
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