1. A machine-readable medium containing executable programming instructions for causing a processor to perform a method of retrieving a point of interest, said method comprising the step of: retrieving real-time position information, said real-time position information indicating the real-time location of a position; receiving a search criteria; based upon the real-time position information and search criteria, retrieving from a database location information associate with at least one point of interest; and displaying at least a part of the retrieved location information associated with the at least one point of interest.