  Image features detection and description is a longstanding topic in computer
vision and pattern recognition areas. The Scale Invariant Feature Transform
(SIFT) is probably the most popular and widely demanded feature descriptor
which facilitates a variety of computer vision applications such as image
registration, object tracking, image forgery detection, and 3D surface
reconstruction. This work introduces a Software as a Service (SaaS) based
implementation of the SIFT algorithm which is freely available at
http://siftservice.com for any academic, educational and research purposes. The
service provides application-to-application interaction and aims Rapid
Application Development (RAD) and also fast prototyping for computer vision
students and researchers all around the world. An Internet connection is all
they need!
