PODZINGER. Jean Shepherd - old radio shows. The GNU Image-Finding Tool. Table of Contents Introduction The GIFT (the GNU Image-Finding Tool) is a Content Based Image Retrieval System (CBIRS: It enables you to do Query By Example (QBE: on images, giving you the opportunity to improve query results by relevance feedback. For processing your queries the program relies entirely on the content of the images, freeing you from the need to annotate all images before querying the collection.
The GIFT comes with a tool which lets you index whole directory trees containing images in one go. You then can use the GIFT server and its clients, to browse your own image collections. The GIFT is an open framework for content-based image retrieval. The current version of the GIFT can be seen in action at The latest version can be found and downloaded at Download The latest version can be downloaded at Plugins Clients Mailinglists.
A Review of Image Search Engines. This is the fourth JISC Digital Media review of image search engines In addition to this review, we have published reviews of moving image and audio search engines. February 2008 1. Introduction This is the fourth JISC Digital Media review of image search engines (earlier reviews have been archived to enable comparison: 2006, 2004 and 2003). Readers should note that in addition to this review, JISC Digital Media has published a Review of Moving Image Search Engines and Review of Audio Search Engines. Please note that the information presented here is based on research conducted in January 2008. If you're reading this some time after that date, you are advised to check the sites carefully and consider asking similar questions to those JISC Digital Media has included in its evaluation criteria (see 3 below). 2.
By "image search engines", we mean Web-based services that collect and index images from other sites on the Internet. Image search engines have to rely on text for their indexing. 3. SIMPLIcity. ImgSeek.