An intrinsically-safe handheld field maintenance tool (52,102) comprising: a process communication module configured to communicatively couple to a field device (20,23,104); a camera configured to obtain a first image and a second image relative to the field device (20,23,104); a wireless communication protocol module configured to communicatively couple to a wireless gateway; a global positioning system GPS module configured to determine a geographic location of the handheld field maintenance tool (52,102) when the first image and the second image are obtained; a compass module configured to determine a pointing direction of the handheld field maintenance tool (52,102) when the first image and second image are obtained; and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the wireless communication module, and operably coupled to the camera, the compass module, and the GPS module, the controller being configured to: acquire the first image from the camera; associate a unique identification tag of the field device (20,23,104) to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device (20,23,104) to be performed; acquire the second image from the camera; associate the unique identification tag to the second image; store the second image in memory as an as-left image; store the geographic location and the pointing direction as metadata with the first image and the second image in the memory. a process communication module configured to communicatively couple to a field device (20,23,104); a camera configured to obtain a first image and a second image relative to the field device (20,23,104); a wireless communication protocol module configured to communicatively couple to a wireless gateway; a global positioning system GPS module configured to determine a geographic location of the handheld field maintenance tool (52,102) when the first image and the second image are obtained; a compass module configured to determine a pointing direction of the handheld field maintenance tool (52,102) when the first image and second image are obtained; and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the wireless communication module, and operably coupled to the camera, the compass module, and the GPS module, the controller being configured to: acquire the first image from the camera; associate a unique identification tag of the field device (20,23,104) to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device (20,23,104) to be performed; acquire the second image from the camera; associate the unique identification tag to the second image; store the second image in memory as an as-left image; store the geographic location and the pointing direction as metadata with the first image and the second image in the memory. acquire the first image from the camera; associate a unique identification tag of the field device (20,23,104) to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device (20,23,104) to be performed; acquire the second image from the camera; associate the unique identification tag to the second image; store the second image in memory as an as-left image; store the geographic location and the pointing direction as metadata with the first image and the second image in the memory.