text: """
  We are going to take the original intersection data
  and scale up the world to match the NetLogo model extent.
  Note: don't change the road data,
  which connects intersections based on their integer ids.
  Comment: larger scale factor will exponentially slow setup.
  """
  scale = 2  #scale factor
  with open("original_intersections.txt",'r') as fin, open("intersections.txt",'w') as fout:
  	result = [next(fin).strip()]
  	for line in fin:
  		x, y, name, itype = line.split()
  		#separate by *single* space
  		result.append("{} {} {} {}".format(scale*int(x), scale*int(y), name, itype))
  	fout.write("\n".join(result))
  
  