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TopFoto partners with Bamber Gascoigne to create TimeSearch engine
TopFoto, a stock photography library specializing in historical images, has launched a new way to search for images based on the date of actual events in history. The new search method called TimeSearch was devised by author and academic Bamber Gascoigne and designed by Ian Henghes; fellow directors of the educational website HistoryWorld. Bamber Gascoigne, perhaps best known as Chairman of University Challenge before handing the baton to Jeremy Paxman, says: “TimeSearch for picture researchers is an idea originating from discussions between Alan Smith of TopFoto and me at the CEPIC conference in Prague in 2005.”
Conventional picture libraries offer keyword-based search engine where the user must words or phrases to find results. TopFoto’s TimeSearch allows you to simply enter a date or them to find results in the context of history, from the Big Bang to the present time. In addition, to allowing you to search for imagery the TimeSearch engine includes links to expanded details about the historical events from Answers.com.
Web: www.topfoto.co.uk
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