Is the topology in HTM similar to the convolution in CNN(Convolutional Neural Network)?

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What if we use a topological HTM region to classify pictures?

There is much more to vision than most starting researchers usually consider; the brain is assembling tiny little snapshots of the visual field into the thing we think of as perception. Keep in mind that all these little pictures are registered in the exact same place in the visual cortex, sequentially.
Here is a little post to help you think about biologically plausible vision:

Saccades key to vision?

I hate to break it to you but Saccades don’t work that way. Check this out to get some idea of how real vision takes in the visual world. Here is what you “see” when you look at this picture: [Biker] Here is what the V1 area is fed with saccades driving foveal vision: [Biker%20left%20eye%20area%20-%20eye%20straight%20on%20-%20Copy]