The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing
geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device
that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database. The mobile device
includes a plurality of sensors for determining a first location and a
first direction. A controller is adapted to provide information requested
based on local queries and distal queries. In addition, the controller
can respond to thematic queries of each variety, wherein the database
search is limited to objects, entities or features that fit within a
selected theme. Finally, the controller is adapted to select and order
query results based upon two- and three-dimensional query windows.