1. A computer-implemented method executed on a mobile communications device, comprising: obtaining geographic coordinates from a geographic subsystem; configuring the device for wirelessly accessing a shared image database and causing a search of the image database, using as a search criterion at least one of a user specified and a global positioning system (GPS) device specified geographic coordinates, for at least one image with geographic coordinates within a predefined range of the obtained geographic coordinates; and displaying on the device a view of images within a predefined range of the obtained geographic coordinates.