There's the Hermitage Museum, which uses IBM's Query By Image Content:

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/qbicSearch.mac/qbic?selLang=English

QBIC seems a bit long in the tooth now, but it's still kind of interesting.

-Tod


On Oct 27, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Julia Bauder wrote:

> Dear fans of cool Web-ness,
> 
> I'm looking for examples of projects that use visual(=largely non-text and
> non-numeric) interfaces to let patrons browse/search collections. Things
> like the GeoSearch on North Carolina Maps[1], or projects that use Simile's
> Timeline or Exhibit widgets[2] to provide access to collections (e.g.,
> what's described here:
> https://letterpress.uchicago.edu/index.php/jdhcs/article/download/59/70), or
> in-the-wild uses of Recollection[3]. I'm less interested in knowing about
> tools (although I'm never *uninterested* in finding out about cool tools)
> than about production or close-to-production sites that are making good use
> of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to
> collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a look?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Julia
> 
> [1] http://dc.lib.unc.edu/ncmaps/search.php
> [2] http://www.simile-widgets.org/
> [3] http://recollection.zepheira.com/
> 
> 
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