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Default Google Ocean Charts in the palm of your hand....

Thanks very much for taking the time to explain the setup, Larry.

Unfortunately, Bill Gates ONE USER limitation kills it as you surmised in
your opening para. In my case, the laptop at the Nav station has to run the
Coastal Explorer software because it also transmits waypoint info to the
Raymarine autopilot.

What I was hoping for was simply to watch the same screen on the Nokia
tablet at the helm... is there any way to just use the Nokia as a second
display screen - "feeding" it from the VGA output on the laptop?





The helmsman cannot watch the laptop display of the chart plotter while
you're watching it from the tablet via remote desktop. Sorry....
However, if this isn't a problem remote desktop is done like this....:



 
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