Controlled access of radio map quality information

A method of displaying quality information for a radio map, the method comprising:

• providing, by a user device, a quality information request;
• responsive to providing the quality information request, receiving, by the user device, one or more instances of quality information, each instance of quality information associated with a respective location located within a geographic region of a plurality of geographic regions, wherein an entity associated with the user device has provided a contribution to a portion of map data for the radio map corresponding to the geographic region that satisfies one or more significance thresholds;
• processing, by the user device, the one or more instances of quality information to generate a graphical representation of at least a portion of the one or more instances of quality information;
• and
• displaying, by the user device, the graphical representation of the one or more instances of quality information overlaid on a graphical representation of the geographic region via a user interface of the user device.

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

• store a radio map comprising map data configured to enable radio-based positioning within a geographic area, wherein the radio map is associated with a plurality of instances of quality information, and each instance of quality information of the plurality of instances of quality information corresponds to a respective location within the geographic area;
• receive a quality information request corresponding to a geographic region within the geographic area, the quality information request associated with an entity;
• and
• based on a determination of whether a contribution by the entity to a portion of the map data that corresponds to the geographic region satisfies one or more significance criteria, provides or withholds quality information corresponding to the geographic region.