摘要
Zappos公司（译注：Zapoos源自于西班牙文的zapatos，意思是鞋子）于2004年从拉斯维加斯搬到了旧金山，之后不久，就接到了美国“联邦调查局”旧金山分局打来的电话，“联邦调查局问我们，能不能允许他们读取我们的照片档案，”研发主任布伦特·柯姆利表示。调查局之所以会对该公司的照片感兴趣，原因是这家网上鞋类零售商执意从7种不同角度来拍摄所有贩售的鞋款，结果是因而拥有全世界最庞大的鞋底影像资料库——成为可供调查局干员追踪罪犯行踪的宝贵工具；
Shortly after moving to Las Vegas from San Francisco in 2004, Zappos received a call from the FBI＇s local field office. ＂They were asking us if they could access our photo archive,＂ says development director Brent Cromley. Turned out the online shoe retailer obsessively shoots each model it sells from seven vantage points, resulting in the largest image database of shoe soles on earth-an invaluable tool for Feds tracking criminals.
