is a photo search engine for those looking for more than the search features on the front page. Utilizing the power of advanced search requires some learning but the reward is that you get exactly the photos you want. Type the search terms to the search field separated by spaces and execute the search by hitting enter or submit button. Search terms containing spaces must be surrounded by double quotations. The advanced search is case-insensitive regarding the search term content and always searches both English and Finnish content. The ordering of search terms doesn't affect the results. The search can have maximum of 25 search terms and the maximum length of the search is 1,234 characters.
mimosa conducts a search for photos of subjects that are exactly mimosa and matches are found both in cat names and nicknames
mimosan conducts a search for photos of subjects that are exactly mimosan and this matches a breeder name
Iltavilli Ilveskartanon Ilveslinnan conducts a search for photos of subjects that are exactly Iltavilli, Ilveskartanon or Ilveslinnan and so the result is an union of the photos of the three breeders
NFO n 22 returns plenty of photos since the result is an union of photos reprsenting Norwegian Forest Cat, feature n and feature 22
"NFO n 22" matches only exactly to NFO n 22 which is an EMS code
If multiple search terms are given the default behavior is to return photos that matches to at least one of the terms (OR). To get the photos that match all the terms (AND) add plus right before each search term. To filter out the photos matching a term use minus right before the term.
+MCO d e f returns Maine Coon photos having at least one of the three features given
+MCO d e f -22 -23 returns Maine Coon photos having at least one of the three features given but filters out photos having feature 22 or feature 23
-22 +n aby rag ben conducts a search for photos of three breeds that also have feature n but filtering out photos with feature 22
-chamberlain +MCO returns other Maine Coon photos than Chamberlain's
By default the advanced search looks for an exact match. To relax this rule use question mark to match any character and asterisk to match a sequence of any characters of any length.
b?? conducts a search for photos of subjects that start with letter b of three characters of length matching breed codes that begin with b
miu* conducts a search for photos that have subject that begins with miu
*mini* conducts a search for photos that have a subject that contain text mini matching cat names and nicknames
"MCO ? ??" "NFO ? ??" returns Maine Coon and Norwegian Forest Cat photos having EMS code structure as follows: breed code, one character, two characters.
By default a search term is matched against all concepts. To force a search term to match against a single concept give the name of the concept right before the term and separated from the term with an equality sign.
+has=breed -has=cat date=2011* returns all photos taken at 2011 that have a breed but no cat name (we are happy to accept more cat data donations)
text=*panel* conducts a search against the photo text and looks for panel anywhere within the text
+flen="85 mm" +fnum=f/1.8 conducts a search for photos matching both focal length 85 mm and aperture f/1.8
All concepts known by the advanced search are as follows (in alphabetical order):
album is the visible name of the photo album like SRK cat of the year 2009 award gala but due to album name changes it is better to use concepts date, folder, loc and org in searches
any is a special concept matching all concepts and it gets used transparently whenever no concept is defined for a search term making searches
"Eetu Pörri" ja any="Eetu Pörri" to return the same result
app is the appearance of the cat in the photo being effectively the EMS code without the breed like g 09
body is the camera body used in taking the photo like Canon EOS 20D
breed is the breed of the cat in the photo being effectively the breed part of the EMS code like AWS
breeder is the breeder of the cat in the photo like Piupaws
cat is the cat in the photo being effectively the cat name without titles, nickname and EMS code like Tatsutan Kaori Asmi-Apsaro
cate is the category (FIFe) of the breed of the cat in the photo like 1
code is the full EMS code of the cat in the photo like BEN n 24 33
date is the date of the photo album using format YYYYMMDD like 20081122 but notice that the instant find on the front page uses langauge specific format instead of this format
etime is the exposure time used in taking the photo like 1/250 s
feat is the feature like x that is effectively a single part of the EMS code of the cat in the photo excluding the breed code
file is the filename of the photo like IMG_1111.JPG where .JPG or _LR.JPG at the end can be included or excluded
flen is the focal length used in taking the photo like 200 mm
fnum is the aperture used in taking the photo like f/1.4
folder is the technical name of the folder of the album like 20100926loimaa and this is a fixed value for an album matching the folder name used by www.heikkisiltala.com
has is a special concept that allows to conduct a search for photos having a certain concept or photos not having a certain concept like +has=title that returns photos having cats that have at least one reported title and -has=breed that returns photos that have no breed defined
loc is the name of the place where the album was shot at like Helsinki
nat is the country code of the breeder of the cat in the photo like US
nick is the nickname of the cat in the photo like Vikke
org is the organizer of the show of the album like PIROK
text is the complete photo text and it is typically searched for a pattern like *rosette*
title is the reported title of the cat in the photo like QGCA
umb is the umbrella organization of the organizer of the show of the album like CFA
The instant find on the front page is aimed for all users and its purpose is to provide rapid access to photos. The advanced search is targeted to users having deeper understading of the data content and structure. The instant find and the advanced search have the following differences:
instant find is language aware while the advanced search searches both English and Finnish content
instant find expresses dates in the langauge specific format while advanced search uses format YYYYMMDD
instant find can be used to find breeds, features, nations and titles both in their full language dependent form and in the code form while advanced search uses only the code form
instant find is never matched directly against the photo text or the following concepts: photo id, folder name, filename
instant find operates in real time while an advanced search must be submitted for execution
the result of a instant find is a suggestion of matching subjects while the result of an advanced search is a set of photos
