Crazy Mary s Hole among nicknames added to Ordnance Survey map to help stricken fishermen
More than 7,500 local nicknames have been added to the map in a bid to identify precise locations in an emergency
Nicknames on maps will help emergency rescuers locate fishermen quickly
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Local nicknames including ‘Crazy Mary’s Hole’ and ‘Stinky Bay’ have been added to an Ordnance Survey map of the coast to help locate stricken fishermen.
It is hoped that the change will improve communication between members of the public and marine rescue teams in emergency situations, helping responders to attend to callouts faster and identify the precise locations of incidents.
BBC News
By Jane Wakefield
image captionLocals often know beaches by names that are not on official maps
Ordnance Survey is releasing a mapping tool which assigns local nicknames to coastal areas to make it easier to find people in need of help.
Stinky Bay, Crazy Mary s Hole and Nuncle Dicks may be familiar names to those who live nearby, but they would rarely appear on any map.
Now these alternative names will be overlaid on the official names on the OS map to help speed up response times.
The system may eventually be used by other emergency services.
Ordnance Survey, the official national mapping agency of Great Britain, first trialled the new nicknames on the south coast, but will now launch it nationally.
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