# Flag identifier App **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 6, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488 "2014-07-06T19:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/1 "2014-07-06T19:14:04Z")
Does anyone know of an iPad app which allows you to find and identify flags - something like what [this website](http://www.photius.com/flags/flag_identifier.html) does? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/2 "2014-07-06T21:56:14Z")
I thought [Flags of the World](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/) might have had one, but I did not find an app. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/3 "2014-07-07T01:04:38Z")
Do you have a “Google App”, in which you can google “flag identifier”? I just have a desktop, so I don’t know how apps limit my access to information and the web, so maybe that was a stupid question. I googled /apps/ once to try to see if I could find out what Apps are, but I didn’t get a very satisfying result. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/4 "2014-07-07T01:19:57Z")
Google Goggles might do it for you, if the flag is simple enough. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/5 "2014-07-07T01:31:10Z")
Actually, I just put Goggles to the test. It seems to work better on flags with detail (presumably not if they’re small, though.) It got Belize and Mozambique, which both have detail on them (Mozambique has an AK-47 on its flag). Unfortunately, it thought Australia was The Falkland Islands the first time, and couldn’t get Chad or Luxembourg at all (both simple 3 stripe flags). ETA: Perhaps try looking for other image-recognition apps. CamFind is good, according to [this page](http://ios.wonderhowto.com/how-to/search-by-photo-app-for-iphone-blows-google-goggles-out-water-0151197/). ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/6 "2014-07-11T16:13:50Z")
No camera on my iPad, so any form of image recognition is out. I’d just like to have a way of looking up unfamiliar flags when I see them. I see a lot, between the embassies, diplomatic residences, and visiting head of state decorations, and don’t recognize more than half. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-identifier-app/692488/7 "2015-11-20T16:54:17Z")
Bumped. I just saw a flag I didn’t recognize being flown nearby. It had five horizontal stripes of equal size, going from top to bottom: Green Red White Red Green No other mark or insignia on the flag. [FlagID.org](http://FlagID.org), Flag Detective, [flag-finder.com](http://flag-finder.com), Photius Easy Flag Identifier, Flag Wizard and [Flags.net](http://Flags.net) all struck out. Anyone know it?