[Geysers] Google images

[Stephen Eide]

Hello all,

Thanks Lee for the offer to help identify pics.  On the whole I just thought
this new service from Google was interesting but so far not useful for the
stull I was looking at.  Who knows?  It may improve.  Sometimes I have a
hard time identifying my geyser pics, but usually I can figure it out from
the pictures before and after and my log books.  My post was more just a
heads up on the Google featrue and how effective it currently is.  I mean,
it it can't even identify Olf Faithful.....

See ya in da park,
Steve

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:32 AM, SnowMoon Photography <janet at snowmoon.us>wrote:

> **
> I'm not sure the two are aiming for the same results - I'm not very
> familiar with what Google's up to, but I use TinEye regularly. TinEye works
> to help find YOUR photo - the exact photo you ask it to find and variations
> on it and where it's being used on the internet - their Mona Lisa Widget<http://blog.tineye.com/2008/06/25/everything-is-visual-introducing-the-tineye-mona-lisa-widget/>shows this the best. So it might come up with similar eruptions if taken
> from a similar angle, but I use it regularly to check for places where my
> photos show up. Basically it's one way to help protect my copyright and to
> connect to those who are using my images appropriately.
>
> A note on copyright: If you want to protect your images, all you really
> need to do is to put © on your photos (alt + 0169) and your name - it gives
> limited protection. The best is to just register everything with the
> copyright office before you put it up anywhere - that gives your automatic
> copyright you get when releasing the shutter the teeth to really enforce it.
> If you prefer allowing use of your photos, use the Creative Commons
> licensing. Making your wishes clear helps everyone. If you want to learn
> more - Carolyn Wright, Photo Attorney <http://www.photoattorney.com/> has
> answers to most questions on her blog.
>
> Janet White
> SnowMoon, LLC
> SnowMoon Photography
> http://snowmoon.us
>
>
> On 6/19/2011 7:49 PM, Laurie Brown wrote:
>
> Have you tried TinEye?
> http://www.tineye.com/
>
> Same sort of thing, but it might have different images to match to.
>
> Laurie Brown
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Stephen Eide <stepheneide at cableone.net>
> *To:* geysers <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 18, 2011 7:36 PM
> *Subject:* [Geysers] Google images
>
> Greetings and Salutations,
>
> I don't know if any have tried it, but now you can drag and drop a picture
> onto Google Images and it will attempt to identify it.  I had no luck at all
> with Yellowstone images.  I tried four geysers; Churn, Castle, Beehive, and
> Old Faithful and it never matched up with any geyser at all.  Then I tried a
> picture of Colonnade Falls.  Google matched it with one waterfall picture,
> two pictures of galaxies, one picture of a dog, one picture of a rat, and a
> few other odds and ends.  It looks like they have a few bugs to work out.
>
> Steve Eide
>
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