Abstract: A method of displaying a plurality of digital objects includes storing the plurality of objects in a database, associating fixed parameter metadata and dynamic metadata with each of the digital objects, and classifying each of the digital objects in the database based on at least one of the fixed parameter metadata and the dynamic metadata. A user search request is then received and a subset of requested objects is defined that correspond to the user search request. A relevancy value is computed for each of the subset of requested objects using the fixed parameter metadata and/or the dynamic metadata. The objects are then displayed on a user display such that the most relevant objects are presented to the user and less relevant objects are spaced from the most relevant object. The display maybe two- or three-dimensional and includes all relevant images in a single display.

Abstract: A mosaic image, called a quilt, is created from a large (but finite) number of images submitted by people via the internet. Viewers, through the internet may view the quilt, zoom in or out, pan through the mosaic image to view images used to make the quilt and add there own images. Clicking on a particular image accesses text and other data on that particular image. A search engine allows the viewers to locate one or a related group of images. Images can be organized by hue or other attributes to generate an overall larger recognizable image (such as the Kodak logo, or outline of the continents). In the preferred embodiment, a mosaic of the world is the initial mosaic that is viewed via the internet and has the various mosaic tiles that make up the world replaced by a large number of images submitted in a predetermined, sequential manner by people all over the internet.