-(UIImage *) getPointImage:(NSString *)pointName
{
	UIImage *retImg;
	const char *sql = "SELECT image from Image where name=?";

	sqlite3_stmt *statement;
	// Preparing a statement compiles the SQL query into a byte-code program in the SQLite library.
	// The third parameter is either the length of the SQL string or -1 to read up to the first null terminator.
	int result = sqlite3_prepare(imgDatabase, sql, -1, &statement, NULL);

	if (result == SQLITE_OK)
	{
		//fill in the name of the point we are looking for
		sqlite3_bind_text(statement, 1, [pointName UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
		// We "step" through the results - once for each row.
		while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW)
		{

			int dataSize = sqlite3_column_bytes(statement, 0);
			NSMutableData *data = [NSMutableData dataWithLength:dataSize];
			memcpy([data mutableBytes], sqlite3_column_blob(statement, 0), dataSize);
			retImg = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:data];
		}
	}
	// "Finalize" the statement - releases the resources associated with
        //the statement.
	sqlite3_finalize(statement);
	return retImg;

}