Method of operating a device, the device shown carrying out the method, and a system including the deice and a server in a system providing location-based social networking services to users of mobile devices

Apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer-readable instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform a method comprising:
• sending, to a server system, a request for data relating to a particular number of elements in a vicinity of a location of the device;
• receiving a response comprising data relating to a set of elements, the data comprising data specifying a location associated with each of the elements;
• causing a user interface to provide an output representing data related to one or more of the elements, wherein the configuration of the output is dependent upon the location of the elements relative to the location of the device;
• and
• in response to a change in the location of the device, updating the output using the data in the response.