Certified location for mobile devices

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
• receive, at one or more location determination servers, a data package from a mobile device including identifiers of one or more beacons observed by the mobile device, the one or more beacons including at least an observed Wi-Fi access point (AP), an observed cell tower, or an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the mobile device, the data package also including location information for the mobile device;
• calculate, at the one or more location determination servers, a determined location of the mobile device based on at least one of the one or more beacons observed by the mobile device;
• calculate, at the one or more location determination servers, an overall confidence score for the determined location based on a consistency of the determined location and the location information for the mobile device;
• and
• provide an indication that allows the mobile device to access a location-based service only when the determined location meets a location requirement and the overall confidence score for the determined location exceeds a confidence threshold, provide the determined location to the location-based service, or a combination thereof.