Patent ID: 7480514

Claim:
A method for operating a wireless terminal to display its location and a map segment on a display of the wireless terminal, the method comprising: accessing a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine location coordinates of the wireless terminal; accessing a map segment corresponding to the location coordinates of the wireless terminal; determining an orientation of the wireless terminal with respect to a reference direction; detecting that the wireless terminal is not in a substantially horizontal position; indicating upon the display that the wireless terminal is not in a substantially horizontal position; subsequently detecting that the wireless terminal is in a substantially horizontal position; displaying the map segment on the display of the wireless terminal based upon the orientation of the wireless terminal so that the map segment is displayed in a correct orientation with respect to mapped physical features when the wireless terminal is in a substantially horizontal position; displaying an icon that represents the wireless terminal on the display, the icon displayed on the map segment at a location corresponding to the location coordinates; receiving user input regarding a selected physical feature of the mapped physical features; and initiating a voice communication to a communication device associated with the selected physical feature based upon at least the user input.