diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapSettings.tsx b/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapSettings.tsx
index b3b64789b..bcf8d71fb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapSettings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapSettings.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import { SurfaceStatisticFunction_api } from "@api";
 import { EnsembleIdent } from "@framework/EnsembleIdent";
 import { ModuleFCProps } from "@framework/Module";
+import { useSettingsStatusWriter } from "@framework/StatusWriter";
 import { SyncSettingKey, SyncSettingsHelper } from "@framework/SyncSettings";
 import { useEnsembleSet } from "@framework/WorkbenchSession";
 import { SingleEnsembleSelect } from "@framework/components/SingleEnsembleSelect";
@@ -32,13 +33,12 @@ const TimeTypeEnumToStringMapping = {
 };
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 export function MapSettings(props: ModuleFCProps<MapState>) {
-    const myInstanceIdStr = props.moduleContext.getInstanceIdString();
-    console.debug(`${myInstanceIdStr} -- render MapSettings`);
-
     const ensembleSet = useEnsembleSet(props.workbenchSession);
     const [selectedEnsembleIdent, setSelectedEnsembleIdent] = React.useState<EnsembleIdent | null>(null);
     const [timeType, setTimeType] = React.useState<TimeType>(TimeType.None);
 
+    const statusWriter = useSettingsStatusWriter(props.moduleContext);
+
     const [selectedSurfaceName, setSelectedSurfaceName] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
     const [selectedSurfaceAttribute, setSelectedSurfaceAttribute] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
     const [realizationNum, setRealizationNum] = React.useState<number>(0);
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ export function MapSettings(props: ModuleFCProps<MapState>) {
     const syncedValueSurface = syncHelper.useValue(SyncSettingKey.SURFACE, "global.syncValue.surface");
     const syncedValueDate = syncHelper.useValue(SyncSettingKey.DATE, "global.syncValue.date");
 
-    const renderCount = React.useRef(0);
-    React.useEffect(function incrementRenderCount() {
-        renderCount.current = renderCount.current + 1;
-    });
-
     const candidateEnsembleIdent = maybeAssignFirstSyncedEnsemble(selectedEnsembleIdent, syncedValueEnsembles);
     const computedEnsembleIdent = fixupEnsembleIdent(candidateEnsembleIdent, ensembleSet);
     const surfaceDirectoryQuery = useSurfaceDirectoryQuery(
@@ -63,6 +58,11 @@ export function MapSettings(props: ModuleFCProps<MapState>) {
         computedEnsembleIdent?.getEnsembleName()
     );
 
+    const isError = surfaceDirectoryQuery.isError;
+    if (isError) {
+        statusWriter.addError("Error loading surface directory");
+    }
+
     const surfaceDirectory = new SurfaceDirectory(
         surfaceDirectoryQuery.data
             ? { surfaceMetas: surfaceDirectoryQuery.data, timeType: timeType, useObservedSurfaces: useObserved }
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ export function MapSettings(props: ModuleFCProps<MapState>) {
                 onAggregationSelectionChange={handleAggregationChanged}
             />
             {chooseRealizationElement}
-            <div>({renderCount.current})</div>
         </>
     );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapView.tsx b/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapView.tsx
index 6f158503b..336948fe9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/Map/MapView.tsx
@@ -1,62 +1,63 @@
 import React from "react";
 
 import { ModuleFCProps } from "@framework/Module";
+import { useViewStatusWriter } from "@framework/StatusWriter";
+import { ContentError, ContentInfo } from "@modules/_shared/components/ContentMessage";
 import { useSurfaceDataQueryByAddress } from "@modules_shared/Surface";
 import SubsurfaceViewer from "@webviz/subsurface-viewer";
 
 import { MapState } from "./MapState";
-import { makeSurfaceAddressString } from "@modules_shared/Surface/surfaceAddress";
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 export function MapView(props: ModuleFCProps<MapState>) {
     const surfaceAddress = props.moduleContext.useStoreValue("surfaceAddress");
 
-    const renderCount = React.useRef(0);
-    React.useEffect(function incrementRenderCount() {
-        renderCount.current = renderCount.current + 1;
-    });
-
-    console.debug(`render MapView start [${surfaceAddress ? makeSurfaceAddressString(surfaceAddress) : "null"}]`);
-
+    const statusWriter = useViewStatusWriter(props.moduleContext);
     const surfDataQuery = useSurfaceDataQueryByAddress(surfaceAddress);
-    console.debug(`surfDataQuery.status=${surfDataQuery.status}`);
 
-    if (!surfDataQuery.data) {
-        return <div>No data</div>;
-    }
+    const isLoading = surfDataQuery.isFetching;
+    statusWriter.setLoading(isLoading);
 
-    console.debug(`render MapView done  [${surfaceAddress ? makeSurfaceAddressString(surfaceAddress) : "null"}]`);
+    const hasError = surfDataQuery.isError;
+    if (hasError) {
+        statusWriter.addError("Error fetching surface data");
+    }
 
     const surfData = surfDataQuery.data;
     return (
         <div className="relative w-full h-full flex flex-col">
-            <SubsurfaceViewer
-                id="deckgl"
-                layers={[
-                    {
-                        "@@type": "MapLayer",
-                        id: "mesh-layer",
-                        // Drop conversion as soon as SubsurfaceViewer accepts typed arrays
-                        meshData: Array.from(surfData.valuesFloat32Arr), 
-                        frame: {
-                            origin: [surfData.x_ori, surfData.y_ori],
-                            count: [surfData.x_count, surfData.y_count],
-                            increment: [surfData.x_inc, surfData.y_inc],
-                            rotDeg: surfData.rot_deg,
+            {hasError ? (
+                <ContentError>Error loading surface data</ContentError>
+            ) : isLoading ? (
+                <ContentInfo>Is loading surface data</ContentInfo>
+            ) : !surfData ? (
+                <ContentInfo>No surface data - make valid selection</ContentInfo>
+            ) : (
+                <SubsurfaceViewer
+                    id="deckgl"
+                    layers={[
+                        {
+                            "@@type": "MapLayer",
+                            id: "mesh-layer",
+                            // Drop conversion as soon as SubsurfaceViewer accepts typed arrays
+                            meshData: Array.from(surfData.valuesFloat32Arr),
+                            frame: {
+                                origin: [surfData.x_ori, surfData.y_ori],
+                                count: [surfData.x_count, surfData.y_count],
+                                increment: [surfData.x_inc, surfData.y_inc],
+                                rotDeg: surfData.rot_deg,
+                            },
+
+                            contours: [0, 100],
+                            isContoursDepth: true,
+                            gridLines: false,
+                            material: true,
+                            smoothShading: true,
+                            colorMapName: "Physics",
                         },
-
-                        contours: [0, 100],
-                        isContoursDepth: true,
-                        gridLines: false,
-                        material: true,
-                        smoothShading: true,
-                        colorMapName: "Physics",
-                    },
-                ]}
-            />
-            <div className="absolute bottom-5 right-5 italic text-pink-400">
-                {props.moduleContext.getInstanceIdString()}
-            </div>
+                    ]}
+                />
+            )}
         </div>
     );
 }