A method comprising: displaying a plurality of regions in a pan and zoom display , at least two of the regions corresponding to different portions of a representation of an industrial process system, wherein the regions include: a thumbnail region in which an entirety of the representation of the process system is provided, wherein the thumbnail region comprises a viewport region identifying a viewable area defined by a boundary disposed and movable within the thumbnail region that corresponds to a portion of the representation of the process system that is less than the entirety of the representation of the process system; and a current view region that corresponds to a current view of the representation of the process system, wherein the current view is an enlarged view of the viewable area defined by the viewport region, and wherein the current view region comprises a clickable hyperlink region associated with a predefined region within another pan and zoom display; responsive to a first user activation, moving the viewport region within the thumbnail region and updating the current view region; providing at least one fault condition indicator in the thumbnail region outside of the viewport region; and when the clickable hyperlink region is activated, calling up the predefined region within the other pan and zoom display to allow nesting of the pan and zoom displays. displaying a plurality of regions in a pan and zoom display , at least two of the regions corresponding to different portions of a representation of an industrial process system, wherein the regions include: a thumbnail region in which an entirety of the representation of the process system is provided, wherein the thumbnail region comprises a viewport region identifying a viewable area defined by a boundary disposed and movable within the thumbnail region that corresponds to a portion of the representation of the process system that is less than the entirety of the representation of the process system; and a current view region that corresponds to a current view of the representation of the process system, wherein the current view is an enlarged view of the viewable area defined by the viewport region, and wherein the current view region comprises a clickable hyperlink region associated with a predefined region within another pan and zoom display; a thumbnail region in which an entirety of the representation of the process system is provided, wherein the thumbnail region comprises a viewport region identifying a viewable area defined by a boundary disposed and movable within the thumbnail region that corresponds to a portion of the representation of the process system that is less than the entirety of the representation of the process system; and a current view region that corresponds to a current view of the representation of the process system, wherein the current view is an enlarged view of the viewable area defined by the viewport region, and wherein the current view region comprises a clickable hyperlink region associated with a predefined region within another pan and zoom display; responsive to a first user activation, moving the viewport region within the thumbnail region and updating the current view region; providing at least one fault condition indicator in the thumbnail region outside of the viewport region; and when the clickable hyperlink region is activated, calling up the predefined region within the other pan and zoom display to allow nesting of the pan and zoom displays. <EOS>