TopFoto inspires TimeSearch tool for picture industry

Bamber Gascoigne travels Time in pictures

London, UK, Mar. 05, 2008. The powerful TimeSearch engine devised by author and academic Bamber Gascoigne and launched today on TopFoto.co.uk can now add value for picture researchers. In a conventional picture library search engine you need to enter word sequences. With TopFoto TimeSearch you only need to say what date, areas or themes interest you.

TopFoto TimeSearch produces a wealth of images, ideas and material. You get hotlinks to TopFoto images on the right. In the centre is Bamber Gascoigne´s TimeLine for TopFoto - with focussed, accurate information. On the left you get hotlinks to expanded detail from Answers.com. 

TimeSearch was devised by Bamber Gascoigne and designed by Ian Henghes; fellow directors of the educational website HistoryWorld. It is an early example of the post-Google generation of online search tools, capable of being more finely tuned to the individual needs of the user.

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".

 

About TopFoto

TopFoto is an international editorial picture library and distributor, representing 40 major national and overseas collections with a vast range of subjects and times. Starting with the Big Bang, TopFoto offers a dedicated TimeSearch facility to researchers with a click-through from www.topfoto.co.uk. TopFoto has 2 million images online.