About Us
Over-stressed and over-weight, Susan and Claire Kaymon decided to improve their quality of life. Interactive Recreation Information Systems, Inc was born when Susan and Claire got lost on a training run for their third marathon in the Oakland Hills. Despite living in the Oakland Hills they did not realize just how challenging the hills were; nor did they realize the extent of trails available to them in their own backyard. Getting information was difficult and tedious.
Rather then give up on the trails, Susan and Claire decided to do something. Susan’s background in high-tech system development and Claire’s background in In-Vehicle Navigation systems led to the concept of interactive recreation and the development of The Original Ultimate Trail Guide a trail-routing software program. Since, Interactive Recreation Information Systems has developed Off The Beat'n Path screen savers and the San Francisco Trail Collection map book series.
Interactive Recreation Information Systems is dedicated to helping people enjoy outdoor recreation by providing the information needed to discover and improve recreational experiences. Look for us on the trails as we continue to add more parks to our database of trails.
How We Do It
Our tagline says it all – Because we’ve been there. Putting together an Original Ultimate Trail Guide product means that we hike or bike each and every mile of the trails we include in the region. While we on the trails we carry a global position system (GPS) device that allows us to capture the geographical (latitude/longitude) positions of the trails and other data pertaining to the overall environment. We take photographs of the trails and the surrounding area so we can relate to you what you can expect to see along the trail.
Once the field data is captured, the data is processed and prepared for use in our products. The GPS data is cleaned of echos resulting from trees or other obstacles that block satellite signals, photos are reviewed and linked to trails and the data is compiled into a comprehensive database.
Contact Information
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