Improve your route

The route may only deviate 1% (in length) more than 10 m from the real position of the route (i.e. 99% correct at 10 m). In other words, if you would take 100 points on the track and you would know their real position, and you measure that distance each time, 99 points would be a distance smaller than 10 m. The route can be partly digitized manually, or recorded with a GPS, but it has to meet this condition.
 

The trajectory is legal and possible.

Legal: that means that the trail can be followed in the direction indicated (no violations against driving directions, prohibited turns, private paths, area not accessible in breeding season).

Possible: according to the route type indicated, you can pass through it (e.g., no closures, no overgrown trails, no soggy paths that are impassable, no life-threatening maneuvers). If there are periods where the route should not or cannot be followed it is best to mention this in the description.
 

Provide a correct and detailed route type.

Correct/incorrect: E.g. You give a beautiful MTB route the type of road bike. This is incorrect, because you are putting road cyclists on the wrong track.

Sufficiently detailed: E.g. You give the type "bike" but you don't specify which type of bike: "recreational bike", "MBT", "road bike". Read here why this is important.
 

Let your route cross as many beautiful places and landscapes as possible.

Tip: It is best to indicate these via a POI with a photo of the type "panorama" or "photo stop". This also provides variation in the route.

Make the description (introductory text) to the route as informative as possible. Create text that convinces the reader that this is a route she/he should do.

• State something about the concept/theme of the route. Make links to known subjects, people, events (e.g. This route follows part of the historical route that Charles V followed..., route visits 10 places with a story from WWI,.... most challenging climbs in Limburg) 
• State something about the context in which the route was created (e.g. From my experience of 10 years of vacationing in the Ardennes I selected the 3 best routes..., This route was set up for our annual trip with our motorcycle club...)
• For whom is it intended or not intended at all (e.g. Very suitable as a walk with small children and baby carriages... )
• Report something about the environment (e.g. Located on the edge of the Flemish Ardennes...)
• Take into account practical aspects of a route, such as a convenient starting point at a train station or parking lot. Report something about those practical aspects of the route, such as accessibility of the starting point (e.g. Starting point near exit 6 of the E40, You can park the car on the square 100m from the starting point, the route starts at the entrance of the Erasmus metro station). If you know a good stop to eat or drink, be sure to add that info to your route. 

A good route is like a story. Try to convey that story in your description. A good story always has a specific aspect that people remember / a highlight or climax (in the case of a route, that can be a place along the route, a theme or feature). And like a good story, the climax comes not at the beginning but rather at the end (or at least about halfway through).

Read more about how to customize your itinerary here
 

Voorzie de route met foto's (via media) en/of via specifieke, kwalitatieve POIs, bij voorkeur POIs/foto's die je zelf gemaakt hebt:

• POIs met kwalitatieve afbeeldingen, foto's of video's die een duidelijke link met de plaats hebben.
• POI met informatieve tekst, maar niet te lang (richtlijn is 100 woorden).
• POIs hebben een correct en specifiek type
• Een extra plus is dat de POIs langs je route specifiek zijn voor jouw route ( POIs met een verhaal over de herfst als je een herfstwandeling maakt, POIs relevant voor een racefietser, als je een racefietsroute maakt, POIs over een specifiek thema als je een thematische route maakt...)