Library
One visual search across many flag collections
FindMyFlag brings separate reference collections into one searchable visual index, so you can start with an unknown image instead of already knowing the flag name, country or book to search.
Identify a flagCatalogue at a glance
- 229,162
- Entries indexed
- 4
- Reference collections
- 4
- Linked sources
What is in there
- National & stateCivil, state and war variants, plus ensigns and jacks
- Maritime & signalICS alphabet, house flags and yacht club burgees
- Military & unitRegimental colours, air force flags, command flags
- OrganisationsIntergovernmental bodies, NGOs, sporting federations
- Ethnic & culturalPeoples, languages, diasporas and movements
- Community-submittedReviewed against primary sources before publication
What is indexed
The library combines reference images and metadata from independent flag collections, historical books and specialist datasets. Each collection remains attributable to its original source while FindMyFlag creates the visual embeddings needed to search across them together.
The current index includes material from sources such as Flags of the World (FOTW) and digitised historical flag books. See the Sources page for source notes, attribution and links.
A growing reference library
New books and collections can be processed into individual flag images and searchable metadata, then embedded and added as a separate reference collection. This makes it possible to expand the library without rebuilding the idea of the search engine every time a new source appears.
Contribute a collection
If you maintain a flag archive, have digitised a historical flag book, or can provide a dataset that would improve identification coverage, get in touch. Suitable material can be processed to extract flag images and available text metadata, reviewed, embedded and added to the search index with source attribution.
Contact FindMyFlag about a contribution →Thanks to the people behind the data
FindMyFlag only exists because researchers, collectors, archivists, institutions and online flag communities have spent years documenting and making flag material available. Source and contributor credit is preserved wherever the underlying dataset provides it.
Explore more
New to visual flag identification? How reverse flag image search works →
Need provenance details? Flag sources and attribution →