simple image recognition with any api/library

Question

Is it possible to do very basic image recognition to compare an image against a database of images(resource folder images or any web servers images if we have) and determine which image in the database is the best match? I don't need to do any processing of any of the images, but simply differentiate between a finite list of images.

Is it any open source code available ?

Answer 1

I would recommend using OpenCV if you simply want to compare images (i.e. decide if two images are the same).

Here is a similar question on SO:

iOS image comparison

I would also go about reading a little bit about what Core Image (the iOS image library) has to offer, before going about OpenCV or other 3rd party.

I hope this helps.