1. A system for providing geographic information, comprising: a database containing geographic information, the database accessible via a network connection; and a mobile device including a headset including at least a digital compass being adapted to orient the mobile device pointing in a direction to intersect a particular one of an object, a geographical feature, and a location of interest to a user, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device connectable to the database from a remote location, wherein the GPS enabled device includes at least one of a controller, with the controller being adapted to provide requested information according to local queries and distal queries, wherein the local queries relate to local characteristics of at least one of the object, the geographic feature, and the location, wherein the distal queries relate to distant characteristics that are not in purview of the local characteristics, wherein, in response to at least one query of the local and distal queries, the controller is further adapted to select and order query results based on two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) query windows and weigh the query results based on predetermined relationships to the 2D or 3D query windows, and a position sensor to determine a location of the mobile device and retrieve, with respect to the object, geographic feature, or location of interest to the user, geographic information from the database.