From 8aa5341a3209466df7b7b5ebb668e2c9574f42d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Garth Vander Houwen Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:31:23 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Remove all the GPS stuff from the description, make it more clear GPS is option --- website/docs/getting-started/getting_started.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/docs/getting-started/getting_started.md b/website/docs/getting-started/getting_started.md index 51370ce0..b32fc12f 100644 --- a/website/docs/getting-started/getting_started.md +++ b/website/docs/getting-started/getting_started.md @@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ slug: /getting-started ## What is Meshtastic? -Meshtastic® is a project that lets you use inexpensive GPS mesh radios as an extensible, super long battery life mesh GPS communicator. These radios are great for hiking, skiing, paragliding - essentially any hobby where you don't have reliable internet access. Each member of your private mesh can always see the location and distance of all other members and any text messages sent to your group chat. +Meshtastic® is a project that lets you use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communicator for areas without reliable cellular service. These radios are great for hiking, skiing, paragliding - essentially any hobby where you don't have reliable internet access. Each member of the mesh can send and view text messages on the primary channel and enable optional GPS based location features. The radios automatically create a mesh to forward packets as needed, so everyone in the group can receive messages from even the furthest member. The radios will optionally work with your phone, but no phone is required. +Meshtastic uses LoRa for the long range communcations and depending on settings used the maximum theoritical group size ranges from 30-200 device nodes. Currently each device can only support a connection from a single user at a time. ## Purchase a Radio