ImSim: Image Similarity

[John Bokma]

n00m <n00m at narod.ru> writes:

> On Mar 6, 10:17 pm, n00m <n... at narod.ru> wrote:
>> On Mar 6, 8:55 pm, John Bokma <j... at castleamber.com> wrote:
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>> > n00m <n... at narod.ru> writes:
>> > >http://www.nga.gov/search/index.shtm
>> > >http://deyoung.famsf.org/search-collections
>> > > etc
>> > > Seems they all offer search only by keywords and this kind.
>> > > What about to submit e.g. roses2.jpg (copy) and to find its
>> > > original? Assume we don't know its author neither its title
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>> > Title: TinEye, author:http://ideeinc.com/
>> > Search:http://www.tineye.com/
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>> > Example:
>> >  http://www.tineye.com/search/2b3305135fa4c59311ed58b41da5d07f213e4d47/
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>> > Notice how it finds modified images.
>>
>> > --
>> > John Bokma                                                               j3b
>>
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>>
>> It's for kids.
>> Such trifles can easily be cracked by e.g. Jorgen Grahn's algo (see
>> his message)
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> Even his algo will be an overhead.
> Comparing meta-data/EXIF of image files will be enough in 99% cases.

Yes, yes, we get it. You're so much smarter (but not smart enough to not
quote a signature...). Anyway, I guess that's the reason big names use
tineye and not your algorithm...

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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