{"id":899,"date":"2009-09-05T15:54:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T15:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=899"},"modified":"2009-09-05T18:01:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T18:01:58","slug":"preview-how-big-is-luxembourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/05\/preview-how-big-is-luxembourg\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: How big is Luxembourg?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most enduring attraction of this blog appears to be one of our early posts, <a href=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/11\/quantitative-context-how-big-is-ireland\/\">the one about the size of Ireland<\/a>. (I suspect that it is particularly popular with young students looking to borrow some ideas for a school report.)<\/p>\n<p>The Bugle staff are working on a sequel to that post, with the working title, <em>Luxembourg: Put It in Your Pocket and Take It with You<\/em>. Today, we offer you an early look at our contribution to the fascinating world of comparative geography. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLux.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLux200.png\" alt=\"Illinois Lux Overlay Small\" title=\"Illinois Lux Overlay Small\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-903\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLux200.png 200w, http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLux200-171x300.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>We chose to compare Luxembourg with Cook County Illinois, since they are very close in total area:<br \/>\n<span style=\"FONT-FAMILY:Verdana, Arial;FONT-SIZE:small;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2240 square kilometers: Cook County<\/li>\n<li>2586 square kilometers: Luxembourg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After experimenting with some alternative illustrations, we think a simple overlay works best. (Click on any image in this post to see a larger version.)<\/p>\n<p>Residents of northeastern Illinois might find the following illustration helpful, too. It&#8217;s what the Chicagoland highway system would look like, superimposed on Luxembourg. We&#8217;re neglecting the hills and valleys of Luxembourg, of course, but this might give you a rough idea of the size of the country.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLuxTollways.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLuxTollwaysCrop.png\" alt=\"Chicago Lux Tollways Small\" title=\"Chicago Lux Tollways Small\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLuxTollwaysCrop.png 480w, http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/apps\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ChicagoLuxTollwaysCrop-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>For cartophiles &#8212; Luxembourg City would be around Alsip, along I-294 northwest of its crossing with I-57. Also, the top of the image corresponds the Wisconsin border (roughly, as always).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not finished with this project, so if you have any requests or ideas regarding the size of Luxembourg, please feel free to comment &#8212; all (positive) suggestions are welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most enduring attraction of this blog appears to be one of our early posts, the one about the size of Ireland. (I suspect that it is particularly popular with young students looking to borrow some ideas for a school report.) The Bugle staff are working on a sequel to that post, with the working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[620,94],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}