Position-based information access device and method of searching

A method of retrieving location-centric information, comprising:

• providing information from a handheld wireless device to an information system located remote from the handheld wireless device, the information related to a geographic position of said handheld wireless device, said information system including information associated with a plurality of landmarks for sale;
• receiving at said handheld wireless device from said information system data associated with a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being configured to initiate a search for a landmark for sale from the plurality of landmarks for sale within a predetermined radial distance from the geographic position of said handheld wireless device;
• receiving at said handheld wireless device location-centric information from said information system, said location-centric information related to a landmark for sale located proximate to said geographic position of said handheld wireless device within the predetermined radial distance, said location-centric attribute information including indicia of a plurality of features related to said landmark for sale;
• sending to said information system from said handheld wireless device a selection of a feature from said plurality of features;
• and
• after sending the selection, receiving at said handheld wireless device location-centric detailed feature information related to said selected feature.