Where can I get Passport images dataset that contain passport of almost all countries in the world?

Question

I am training an OCR model for recognizing MRZ from passport. To train my model for more accuracy, I need to train it with maximum pictures possible. I tried to find passport's dataset on KAGGLE but could not find it.

Can anybody tell me from where I can get passport images dataset which contains passports of almost every country or north and south american passports?

Your help will be much appreciated.

Best, Asma

Mainsail

you can find related data-set in 25 million free Google data-set search engine. datasetsearch.research.google.com – Hydrography

Thanks @asim. I checked that already and could not find the required dataset. Could you share the exact link you are referring to? – Mainsail

Answer 1

One such dataset is maintained by EdisonTD. https://www.edisontd.nl

Edison TD (Travel Documents) is a database of travel documents and other travel-related documents from most countries in the world. The database is developed by the Dutch authorities in cooperation with the authorities in Canada, Australia, USA, United Arab Emirates and Interpol.

Another one is Prado: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/prado-start-page.html

PRADO, a database created by the Council of the European Union, contains information on travel and ID documents and selected security features. The database is maintained by experts of EU countries together with experts from Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. PRADO mainly contains information on ID documents from EU countries but it also includes some countries outside the EU. PRADO is publicly accessible.

As far as I know, there are no other public datasets as they would by definition contain personally identifiable data.

If you're planning to train an OCR model, you might have a decent number of samples with these datasets. However, you'll potentially need to find a way to augment these datasets so that you get much better results.

Sulphurous

Note that EdisonTD has changed URL: edisontd.nl – Feudalism

but those dataset are not allowed to be used, you can read the copy write – Martella

Answer 2

You can find an overview at https://www.nidc.dk/en/Document-Database/ID-databases.

This website lists:

• Public Register of Authentic Identity and Travel Documents Online (PRADO)
• Edison Travel Documents
• Document Information System Civil Status (DISCS)
• Norwegian ID Database
• Keesing Documentchecker
• Intranet Fraud and Authentic Documents Online (iFADO)

Diplomatist