Abstract: A system and method for accessing local information in a database. The database is organized with merchandise information including identifier of information provider, identifier information, position information, and description information. The position information is position coordinates of a Global Position System that provides an accurate and fast location search capability of the database. The user of an end-user computer system is able to search the database by sending a query to a remote server computer system. The query includes searching geographic area and searching criteria. After receiving the query, the server computer system 10 then queries the database and receives information from the database query. The server computer 10 returns the search result to the user's computer system. The returned search result includes the identifier of the information provider, identifier of the information, description of information that matches the searching criteria, and position coordinates.