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Google automatically processes every image on every site they crawl (that's how google image search works). Doesn't seem like checking to see if a given image i
by Bjartr 8y ago
Google automatically processes every image on every site they crawl (that's how google image search works). Doesn't seem like checking to see if a given image is of maps would be too much additional effort.
- jjeaff 8y agoThey must have something embedded in the images to make them detectable in that case. Because otherwise they would be trying to compare each image against a huge amount of maps images that can have any number of modifications like colors and roads and different points of interest toggled on and off.
- timvdalen 8y agoThey could be checking for presence of specific colors first and going into more expensive comparison from there, if they're specifically targeting screenshots.
- Bjartr 8y agoWhat's "huge" to you and "huge" to Google are different by several orders of magnitude. This kind of stuff is their bread and butter.