Patent ID: 8863023

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: displaying a portion of an electronic representation of a surface in a display area of a display device, to provide a view of the electronic representation; receiving a selection of a point on a displayed user interface control; identifying a direction and a distance of the selected point from a reference point on the user interface control; in response to the received selection, changing the view of the electronic representation to display a different portion of the electronic representation in the display area based on the identified direction and distance; displaying, on the user interface control, an icon representing a location on the surface out of the view, the location having an orientation relative to the displayed view indicated by a position of the icon on the user interface control, and the location having a distance from the displayed view indicated by at least one of a color, a size and a transparency of the icon; and in response to a selection of the icon, changing the view of the electronic representation to include the location represented by the icon.