AER is a map platform that surfaces outdoor experiences lacking traditional street addresses, covering trails, paddle routes, guided tours, and hidden spots across Ontario. It enriches each location with real‑time environmental data such as air quality, daylight windows, and humidity, and verifies every operator as a local business, letting users discover and connect with activities without leaving the map.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Outdoor enthusiasts often cannot find trails, paddle routes, or guided experiences because these locations lack conventional street addresses and are omitted from standard mapping services. This makes it difficult to discover suitable activities, assess real‑time conditions, and connect with local operators.
Solution
AER provides a location‑based discovery platform that overlays outdoor experiences onto a map of Ontario, even when those sites have no street address. The service aggregates real‑time air‑quality indices, daylight windows, and micro‑climate data to give hour‑by‑hour suitability scores for each activity. Users can browse curated activity briefs, view verified operator listings, and directly contact local businesses for rentals or guided tours. All coordinate queries are handled client‑side via public weather APIs, ensuring that no user location data is stored or tracked. The platform consolidates field guides, gear rentals, and excursion providers into a single searchable interface, simplifying planning and reducing the need to search multiple sites.
Target Audience
Primary users are outdoor recreation seekers in Ontario—hikers, paddlers, and adventure tourists—who need reliable, address‑free discovery of activities, as well as regional operators looking to reach a privacy‑conscious audience.
Features
- Interactive map displaying trails, paddle routes, viewpoints, and other outdoor spots without traditional addresses
- Real‑time environmental overlays (AQI, daylight index, humidity) with an activity “fit” verdict refreshed hourly
- Verified listings linking each spot to its original source or local operator, eliminating dead links
- Direct connection to local businesses for gear rentals, guided hikes, paddle tours, and other experiences
- Browser‑only location handling that never transmits user coordinates to AER’s servers, ensuring privacy
- Categorized browsing by activity type (hiking, kayaking, gear inventory, tours, etc.) across 134 regions and 437 operators