OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world using a Wikipedia-type approach based on Web 2.0, mobile (iPhone, GPS) and mapping (GIS) technologies.
 
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is currently working to improve the map of Abidjan to support relief actions in response to the crisis in Ivory Coast: WikiProject Ivory Coast.

Astrium GEO-Information Services has provided a SPOT 5 image of Abidjan to HOT through a YouMapps project.
 
The image of 2 April 2005 has helped the team to update the map of the northern and western areas of the city.
 
The YouMapps initiative encourages collaboration using satellite imagery between community mapping enthusiasts, geographers, NGOs and institutions: YouMapps Ivory Coast project.

This online Abidjan mapping project is benefiting from the expertise of the SAFER team at Astrium GEO-Information Services, which is contributing to the emergency support service set up by the SAFER project (Services and Applications For Emergency Response).
 
The European Commission is co-funding the SAFER project under the GMES programme.