I know there is this link to find visually similar images to an uploaded picture
https://www.google.com/searchbyimage?site=search&sa=X&image_url=YOUR_IMAGE_URL
but is there also a way to get an API for the first result of the visually similiar image?
I have sympathy what you need.
I try to use google cse but this is not supported similar images.
So, Next that I try, URL.
But this is able to on the browser.
I just need result of simliar images and then I wish that result is visually.
So,
you can use Vision API of Google.
This is very simple.
https://cloud.google.com/vision/
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First of all I am new in Xamarin.Form. I am trying to get best from Google but some of functionality I am not able to get even searched a lot.
I am creating a Xamarin.Form app. In that app I want to provide a functionality of image filter. In that, the image captured by user or get from their internal memory should by filter.
I have tried to search on google to get some idea for it in Xamarin.Form but I still not get any link which can help me to get start.
First of all I don't know whether it is possible in Xamarin.Form or not. Can anybody suggest me a link or idea to achieve it?
I attached a Screenshot so you can easily understand the problem.
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There are no out of the box APIs in Xamarin.Forms for Image filters.
Each platforms handles the images differently, you will need to implement these filters per platform bases.
You can find the instructions for iOS here and here for Android, then you can use the DependencyServices to access them in Forms app
I want to copy images from a wikipedia page.
When I do it manually, I click on the picture, and then select the resolution that fits my need (width as close to 400).
Now, I am using the Wikimedia API to get the images.
But they give me only one resolution.
I saw a similiar question in Stackoverflow, but the answer was to use the iiurlwidth=400
I used it, and it does not do it (it is probably only for vector pictutres).
OK, I found that the answer to use the iiurlwidth=400 was correct, but the reply is not in the "url" item, but in the "thumburl" item,which is in the right width.
I am working on an application which will have an option for users to upload images. Once uploaded, the application will show other images from the web which look exactly similar, whether or not of the same size.
For this, I will create a temporary URL for the image so that I could provide Google custom search API the URL of the image. I would expect in response, URL's of images that are exactly the same or similar to it, perhaps in JSON format.
I did find a similar question posted in January. Till then Google did not support anything like this, apparently:
Google Javascript Custom Search API: Search images by image url
One can also simply do:
http://images.google.com/searchbyimage?site=search&image_url={Image URL}
Since that is not part of an official API, it may not be right to use this method.
Can someone help me?
Well, the answer quite simply is TinEye Commercial API https://api.tineye.com/welcome. I was looking in the wrong place I guess, I did not have any luck with Google Custom Search API.
Would you need a simple result?
If you are, you can use Vision API of Google.
This is very simple.
https://cloud.google.com/vision/
You can try on the top.
First, access the URL.
Second, upload your image file on the "Try API"
Third, click "JSON" tab menu on the result.
You can be seen JSON about similar images.
i am using Google Fusion Tables and Google Maps to display geographical data (e.g. markers). My map needs to have a legend, for example by inserting a div on top of the map and the layer. As i am not used to work with API of any kind, i got stuck with this legend problem.
I tried several example codes (most of them provided by google), but none worked for me. I guess that the problem of displaying divs on a map has got something to do with either the styling of the map canvas, the div implementation within the body of the html document or with the framework used (google appengine). But this is just guessing. As i am not a professional with coding, i maybe missed a important point. Maybe the folks here can help me out?
Every hint is appreciated. Thanks.
You can have a look at the code and my example [here (deleted)]. There example includes a code which should display a div, but it doesn't. I've taken it from here (Stackoverflow).
The code you're using is v2 of the Maps API. You'll want to use code that works with v3 of the Maps API, since that is the version you're using on your site.
Have you tried the sample code here?
https://developers.google.com/fusiontables/docs/samples/legend
Copy and paste the legend code from this example into your initialize method, remove the old legend code. If this doesn't work, let me know.
I'm trying to understand how can I do to let my site be reachable from google image search spiders.
I like how last.fm solution, and I thought to use a technique like his staff do to let google find artists images on their pages.
When I'm looking for an artist and I search it on google image search, as often as not I find an image from last.fm artists page, I make an example:
If I search the band Pure Reason Revolution It brings me here, the artist's image page
http://www.last.fm/music/Pure+Reason+Revolution/+images/4284073
Now if I take a look to the image file, i can see it's named:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/4284073/Pure+Reason+Revolution+4.jpg
so if I try to understand how the service works I can try to say:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/ the server who serve the images
500/ the selected size for the image
4284073/ the image id for database
Pure+Reason+Revolution+4.jpg the image name
I thought it's difficult to think the real filename for the image is Pure+Reason+Revolution+4.jpg for image overwrite problems when an user upload it, in facts, if I digit:
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/4284073.jpg
I probably find the real image location and filename
I see this can be done with mod_rewrite engine, but with this tecnique, will the image be highly reachable from search engines and easily archived?
My question is, does exist some guide or tutorial to approach on this kind of tecniques, or something similar?
In my opinion, the best resource for your question is Google itself.
One of the guides targets at google images search and provides some guidelines:
Don't embed text inside images
Tell us as much as you can about the image
Give your images detailed, informative filenames
Create great alt text
Anchor text
Provide good context for your image
Think about the best ways to protect your images
Create a great user experience
Source: Images - Webmaster Tools Help.
As for last.fm, one of the suggestions is:
Give your images detailed, informative
filenames
The filename can give Google clues
about the subject matter of the image.
Try to make your filename a good
description of the subject matter of
the image. For example,
my-new-black-kitten.jpg is a lot more
informative than IMG00023.JPG.
Descriptive filenames can also be
useful to users: If we're unable to
find suitable text in the page on
which we found the image, we'll use
the filename as the image's snippet in
our search results.
So yes, last.fm uses mod_rewrite to give informative filename, which google likes.
There are few more guides out there. None of them is formal, but they can help you anyway:
http://www.tareeinternet.com/forum/seo/236-optimizing-google-image-search.html
http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-optimize-for-google-images-for-more-traffic/
http://creativebits.org/webdev/optimize_your_site_for_google_image_search
http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/01/get_53_percent_more_searches_with_one_tweak.php
The article pointed out by Tim covers most of it but I'd like to add that the title attribute on <img> tags is important too (but don't abuse it!).
To sum up:
Name your files well. apple.jpg is better SEO wise than PIC2346.jpg. For spaces in filenames use a dash (-) and not an underscore (_). See Dashes vs. underscores for more info.
Alyays fill up the alt attibute. Keep in mind that most screen readers for blind people will read this tag.
Fill the title attribute when usefull. Use a short statement describing the image. Not a whole paragraph!
The context of the image (what is the content around it) is very important too. If the image fits the surrounding contents it will give you more SEO "points".