Interesting Image Search Engine
October 29, 2008
I just read about a recently launched image search site, Pixolu. Although the site does not work perfectly just yet (a comment from the site creator indicates that their server is having trouble with all the traffic), the idea behind it is pretty interesting; you enter a search term and it scans several image searches for matches, you can then select several images that are close to what you have in mind and it will use these to refine your search.
I was not able to find any information of how exactly the site refines the search (metadata, color, etc) but i think it will be interesting to play around with. I did a quick search for “okinawa glass” and was able to quickly refine the results down to a picture similar to that in my blog header.
Thanks for the tip. I gave the engine a quick test drive and search for “Rockford State Street.” It began to search and then popped an error–Google mash error–which I dismissed. The search completed and 75 images (most valid) were returned. I like the zoom and pan, though the pixalization that results from zooming in sort of hobbles that feature imho. I like having a search engine that aggregates information; I’ll have to play with this some more when I’m not at work..
mike