WALP CHAPTERS:

WISCONSIN:
FEDERAL:
HUD User - Policy Development and Research Information Service
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
TRAVEL AND MAPPING SOFTWARE:
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http://www.sidestep.com - Searches dozens of sites at once to save on airfares, hotels and rental cars. Automatically compares prices side-by-side with sites like Expedia and Travelocity. Includes providers that other sites may miss, like JetBlue.
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http://www.microsoft.com/streets/default.mspx - Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator combines streets & trips software with a glocal positioning system (GPS) received hardware component to create a planning and driving tool that turns your laptop into a real-time GPS tracking device. So you can pinpoint your exact location on the map at all times.
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http://earth.google.com - Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and Google search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View locations around the world as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.
GRAPHICS TOOLS:
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http://picasa.google.com - Picasa is software that helps you instantly findm, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. -
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit - SnagIt is screen capturing software. Whatever you see on the screen, SnagIt will capture for your immediate use. Once you've taken your capture, SnagIt lets you edit, enhance, save and use the capture for numerous tasks. -
http://www.pdf995.com - PDF995 creates docuemnts in the PDF file format. PDF995 supports network file saving, fast user switching on XP, Citrix/Terminal Server, custom page sizes and large format printing. PDF995 is a printer drive that works with any Postscript to PDF converter.
DESKTOP SEARCH TOOLS:
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http://www.x1.com - A powerful desktop tool that indexes desktop and network files and displays results instantly in a view window. Displays multiple file types, including Microsoft Office documents, Visio drawings, PDFs, e-mail messages, contacts, and music files. -
http://desktop.google.com - Utility that indexes files on your desktop PC and displays results in a Google search page, with some relevance ranking based on modified dates. -
http://toolbar.msn.com - Microsoft's desktop search software. Similar to Google but works with the MSN toolbar.
REMOTE DESKTOP:
- http://www.logmein.com - A free program that will allow the user to remotely control any computer desktop.
UTILITIES:
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http://www.roboform.com - Roboform is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling.