1. A method for operating a navigation system including the steps of: a) connecting to a remote server over a network; b) selecting from among a plurality of collections of related points of interest (POIs), wherein each POI is associated with a specific physical location; c) downloading the selected collection of related POIs with specific physical locations from the remote server without determining a route; d) accessing the downloaded collection with a navigation system; and e) choosing one of the related POIs in the downloaded collection so that the navigation system routes to the specific physical location of the chosen POI.