Hi Merlijn Thank you for the update.
Regards, Jenith On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Merlijn van Deen <[email protected]>wrote: > On 26 March 2012 16:09, Jenith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it possible to get duplicate images of the original image (scaled up) > by giving input the smaller version in a program? Any Python Wikipedia API > like hashlib? > > Comparing two images with different sizes to see if they display > (roughly) the same picture is not possible with standard hashing > functions, as standard hashing functions are specifically made to > change strongly when the input changes slightly. It is certainly not > possible to query the mediawiki database for images 'that look like' > other images. > > However, services such as TinEye and Google Image Search exist. > Possibly they have an API you can use? Wikipedia also has some > information on this subject: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-based_image_retrieval. > > Best, > Merlijn >
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