1. A method for use in controlling user interface operation of a communication device, the method comprising: causing a viewable map region of a map to be visually displayed in the display, the viewable map region including a plurality of point of interest (POI) indicators displayed therein, the viewable map region further including one or more off-map indicators displayed therein, each off-map indicator indicating a POI indicator which is outside of the viewable map region but within a predetermined range thereof; when a positioning mechanism of the user interface is configured to provide upwards and downwards movement, controlling user interface operation for the viewable map region by: in response to detecting a forward direction positioning signal from the positioning mechanism when a cursor in the display is on a current POI or off-map indicator: causing the cursor in the display to be repositioned in an upwards direction onto a next POI or off-map indicator in the viewable map region without panning the viewable map region, but if the cursor is on a topmost POI or off-map indicator when the forward direction positioning signal is detected, then causing the viewable map region of the map to be panned in the display in the upwards direction; in response to detecting a reverse direction positioning signal from the positioning mechanism when the cursor is on the current POI or off-map indicator: causing the cursor in the display to be repositioned in a downwards direction onto a previous POI or off-map indicator in the viewable map region without panning the viewable map region, but if the cursor is on a bottommost POI or off-map indicator when the reverse direction positioning signal is detected, then causing the map to be panned in the display in the downwards direction; when the positioning mechanism is configured to provide leftwards and rightwards movement, controlling the user interface operation for the viewable map region by: in response to detecting the forward direction positioning signal of the positioning mechanism when the cursor is on the current POI or off-map indicator: causing the cursor in the display to be repositioned in a rightwards direction onto a next POI or off-map indicator in the viewable map region in a rightwards direction without panning the viewable map region, but if the cursor is on a rightmost POI or off-map indicator when the forward direction positioning signal is detected, then causing the viewable map region of the map to be panned in the display in the rightwards direction; and in response to detecting the reverse direction positioning signal of the positioning mechanism when the cursor is on the current POI or off-map indicator: causing the cursor in the display to be repositioned in a leftwards direction onto a previous POI or off-map indicator in the viewable map region without panning the viewable map region, but if the cursor is on a leftmost POI or off-map indicator when the reverse direction positioning signal is detected, then causing the map to be panned in the display in the leftwards direction.