[dunkelgrun]

Can you keep me informed of how things work out? I'm still working on the map_c and it will take me a while to get onto tiles, etc.

Will do. The map was nearly finished but I decided to redo the runways on Midway. Looking at John Ford's film, and the only aerial photo I've been able to find, it's obvious that they were surfaced. Probably a light concrete, with a border of coral sand all round.

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The runways are still on Eastern Island dunkelgrun.
Go to Wikipedia and use the search function to find "Midway Island"
I was able to zoom in to 200 feet with Acme Mapper and Geo Names in the Satellite view.
With what you have this may help ??

Wheelsup

Don't worry, I've crawled all over Google Earth and every other satellite/aerial picture I can find! It's still not clear what the surface was, but being new it would be unlikely to have as many lines (weeds?) in it as it does today. Also, I can't find whether it was surfaced again after June 42. Sand Island airstrip was begun after the battle, but Eastern Island was still in use for a fair while.
The construction had not long been completed, but John Ford's film clearly shows a light tan colouring, with a much lighter border. It might be concrete or it might be crushed coral and sand packed down. Either way, they've got to be depicted differently from the default map, that's for sure.

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