Vernacular Names Tool

REISSUED CORRECTING FILE DATE AND BYLINE EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY MAY 8 File photo dated 23/08/13 of the Queen Victoria Memorial statue at the end of The Mall opposite Buckingham Palace - which was added to the Vernacular Names Tool as "the wedding cake" by the Princess Royal. A new tool will allow emergency workers to pinpoint the location of incidents across the UK using nicknames and colloquial names, Ordnance Survey (OS) has announced. The Vernacular Names Tool already contains the nicknames of more than 9,000 locations and the OS has asked more blue light workers to input nicknames from where they live. Issue date: Wednesday May 8, 2024.