1. A method of increasing the compression ratio for a library of facial images, the method comprising the steps of: standardizing spatial features and characteristics, including the steps of: selecting image features in an order of importance, and positioning eyes and facial orientation in each image in a standard locational configuration, identifying regions of increased informational significance of the images; compressing each image; and providing an increased data density in each compressed image responsive to the standardizing and identifying including the step of providing compressed data in a region of a face having a higher compression ratio than non-facial regions.