This document discusses image search and analysis techniques for remote sensing data. It describes an index management system that takes in data and indexes it using column-based databases. Images are analyzed to extract features that allow for image search based on compression in compressed streams. Queries can be performed on the indexed data to return similar images based on semantic labels and normalized distances from queries. Examples are provided using different remote sensing datasets, including GeoEye, DigitalGlobe, and TerraSAR-X images.