Visual search engine is photographer's best friend

PC Pro notes Visual search engine is photographer's best friend.

A new visual search engine could help photographers keep track of their photographs whenever, and wherever, they appear on the internet.

The TinEye search engine, developed by Canadian company Idee, allows users to search by uploading a picture rather than typing in a keyword. It then conducts a pixel by pixel search across the internet, flagging up all instances of that image even if it's been cropped, merged or digitally altered in some way.

As it matures in consumer applications, this type of technology could also have great promise for content-based retrieval of large images such as digital slides.

The TinEye search engine is still being beta-tested, but you can learn more about it from the online FAQ.