Customized User Location Annotation did not follow location update - iphone

I implemented MKMapViewDelegate method below and customized user location annotation was displayed. However, the annotation did not move when I walked around with the iPhone. When I removed this delegate method, default the blue dot user location annotation followed me.
Please tell me how to move customized user location annotation:
-(MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
static NSString* AnnotationIdentifier = #"Annotation";
MKPinAnnotationView *pinView = (MKPinAnnotationView *)[mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier];
if (!pinView)
{
pinView = [[[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier] autorelease];
pinView.animatesDrop = NO;
pinView.canShowCallout = YES;
}
else
{
pinView.annotation = annotation;
}
pinView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"star.png"];
return pinView;
}

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return nil;
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{
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My MKMapView shows my position at startup but then the image never 'follows' me. The location gets updated and the screen does follow me, but the original "User Location" image stays behind.
Here is some code snippets:
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{
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So basically somewhere I neglect updating my position or its most possibly where I draw the new image for my current position.
Can anyone possibly see what I am missing or doing wrong there for it to not follow my location updates?
Thanks.
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The annotation image is only being set when an annotation view is created. If a view is re-used, the annotation property is updated but not the image. It's possible that the re-used view is for an annotation of a different type requiring a different image.
The method should look something like this:
-(MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
static NSString* AnnotationIdentifier = #"Annotation";
MKPinAnnotationView *pinView = (MKPinAnnotationView *)[mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier];
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{
pinView = [[[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier] autorelease];
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pinView.canShowCallout = YES;
}
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...
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