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The new tool has replaced FINTAN, a mapping system used by HM
Coastguard for the past decade.
In one incident, a coastguard search and rescue helicopter used FINTAN
to locate a missing person at a place known locally as the Fun Ship,
at Mostyn Docks on the River Dee.
In another, a caller who had fallen and injured his leg was found at a
spot on a beach nicknamed Tiki Head, in Gwynedd, Wales.
Chief coastguard Peter Mizen said the new tool "allowed local
knowledge to be shared across our operational network".
"There are examples where its use has improved the tasking of critical
rescue assets," he added.
Information from the tool will also help improve the OS emergency
services gazetteer â a database of 1.3 million features across the
UK, from roundabouts to cliffs.
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