-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: octagonal in Jacksonville Heights, FL.
   Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:14:41 -0400
   From: "Edward James Redmond" <[log in to unmask]>
     To:

The 1949 Jacksonville Heights FL quadrangle shows the name "Branan
Outliying Airfield" on the octagonthingy.

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Subject: octagonal in Jacksonville Heights, FL.
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:54:43 -0500
From: Kent Lee < [log in to unmask]>
Organization: Eastview Inc.


Dear Brandon, List:

It's part of the now-closed Cecil Field Naval Air Station. The
1:200,000 scale Soviet military topographic map (sheet H-17-XV)
identifies this feature as a small airfield. (Soviet maps of US
military facilities are often great resources for this kind of
question.) Quite possibly it was--perhaps some kind of short-runway
training field for practicing landings on aircraft carriers. Some
references:

http://www.ghostbase.org/cecil/
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/cecil-field.htm

Also, the Orange Park Public Library people (a leisurely walking
distance from this site) are very helpful at 904-278-4752.

Best,

Kent

Kent D. Lee
President/CEO

East View Cartographic, Inc.
3020 Harbor Lane N.
Minneapolis, MN 55447 USA

Tel: 763-550-0961
Fax: 763-559-2931
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.eastview.com, www.cartographic.com



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FROM: Johnnie Sutherland < [log in to unmask]>
TO: [log in to unmask]
DATE: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:06:45 -0400

RE: [Fwd: octagonal]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: octagonal
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:38:46 +1000
From: Brendan Whyte < [log in to unmask]>


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Can anyone tell me what this feature is, on 24k topo Jacksonville
Heights
(Florida)?
81d50' W, 30d10'N
It is not labelled on the USGS maps.
A radio station or military site perhaps?

map:
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3338739&e=421027&s=25&size=m
aerial photo:
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=12&x=526&y=4173&z=17&w=2

Thanks

Dr Brendan Whyte
Geography Department
University of Melbourne
Vic 3010
AUSTRALIA

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