An intrinsically-safe handheld field maintenance tool comprising: a process communication module configured to communicatively couple to a field device ; a camera configured to obtain a first image and a second image relative to the field device ; 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 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 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 to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device 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 ; a camera configured to obtain a first image and a second image relative to the field device ; 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 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 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 to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device 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 to the first image; store the first image in memory as an as-found image; allow maintenance on the field device 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. <EOS>