Mobile control room with real-time environment awareness

A mobile control room device for use in process plant, the device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor;
• a display communicatively coupled to the processor;
• a location awareness component operable to generate information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device;
• a database stored on the memory device and storing layout information of the process plant;
• a first routine stored on the memory device and operable to interpret information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in the database to determine a relationship between the location of the mobile control device and the layout of the process plant;
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• a second routine stored on the memory device and operable to generate a graphic for depiction on the display according to the determined relationship between the location of the mobile control device and the layout of the process plant.