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September 29, 2005
Index Stock-First Major Stock Agency to Publish Web Services Interface
For Immediate Release
New York (September, 2005) Index Stock Imagery, Inc. today announced the general availability of Image Search and Download Web Services. In development for more than a year, this standards-based technology enables partners to integrate Index’s highly developed image search technology into Web-based applications for software, printing, and Web site design.
“We’ve been innovating on the Internet since 1995 when we launched www.PhotosToGo.com,” said Bahar Gidwani, Index CEO. “Web services are the next logical step in enabling our library of more than 900,000 images to be used in virtually any application that uses photography. We are the first major stock agency to make our web services available through public Web services directories, and provide documentation through the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) specification.”
Index has developed an Image Search Web Service that enables developers to add the power of Index’s image search technology to their applications using simple, XML-based commands. The search query returns image information, including keywords, captions, and even thumbnails of photos, enabling users to visually search for imagery. When the user has selected an image, the developer can request a higher resolution image for printing using the Image Download Web Service.
Innovating further, Index used its Web Service technology to create the first free photo feed service for websites, Daily Photos To Go. Lee Abramowitz, Product Manager, explains, “The image feed is easily added into any website or blog to automatically display an ever-changing stream of professionally-shot, thumbnail-sized photos. Users can customize the feed by selecting photo content, color scheme, rotation frequency, and other features to fit their needs. Daily Photos To Go is a fun, revolutionary way to take advantage of the power of Web Services, and is free of charge.”
Dan Russelman, Index president, noted, “This technology was developed as a direct request from our partners who needed to quickly and easily add a library of professional imagery to their products. Some of our partners have reported that they added our image search in a few days. ”
More information can be found online at http://webservices.indexstock.com/ImageSearch/2003/07/15/imagesearch.asmx
Index Stock Imagery, www.indexstock.com, with the breadth and depth of its library, continues to be a major international player in the stock photo industry with agents in fifty countries. It represents dozens of domestic collections and has more than 900,000 images available online, of which 200,000 are Royalty Free images. Its Web site, www.indexstock.com, supports emailable lightboxes, e-commerce shopping, and customized price grids and high-res comps, for qualified customers. Index Stock offers Index Open, a new high-resolution subscription service with unlimited access to 80,000 images for $599. Mac users can enjoy a Mac interface and all of Index's loyal customers receive gifts through the Image Points Program, that is featured on the Index site.
Press Contact:
Pat Hunt
path@indexstock.com
212-929-4644
Posted by Pat at September 29, 2005 07:01 PM
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