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An approach is provided for crowd sourcing and grouping points-of-interest based on cell broadcast message information. Reception of a message from a mobile terminal is caused, at least in part. The message specifies point-of-interest information and an associated area name corresponding to one of a

An approach is provided for crowd sourcing and grouping points-of-interest based on cell broadcast message information. Reception of a message from a mobile terminal is caused, at least in part. The message specifies point-of-interest information and an associated area name corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network. The message is parsed to determine the point-of-interest information and the associated area name. A connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells is selectively updated with the point-of-interest information.

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1. A method comprising: generating, at a mobile terminal, point-of-interest information;associating the point-of-interest information with a cell broadcast message identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network, wherein the cell broadcast message identifier includ

1. A method comprising: generating, at a mobile terminal, point-of-interest information;associating the point-of-interest information with a cell broadcast message identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network, wherein the cell broadcast message identifier includes an area name; andgenerating a message specifying the point-of-interest information and the area name; andselectively updating a connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells based on the point-of-interest information and the area name. 2. A method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving an update message specifying an update with additional point-of-interest information, wherein the update message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications, or a combination thereof; andselectively updating the connectivity graph at the mobile terminal based on the update message. 3. A method of claim 1, further comprising: causing, at least in part, transmission of the message to a location platform,wherein the message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications, or a combination thereof. 4. A method of claim 1, the method further comprising: causing, at least in part, presentation of the area name;selecting the area name for association with the point-of-interest information;causing, at least in part, prompting for the point-of-interest information; andreceiving input specifying the point-of-interest information. 5. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; andat least one memory including computer program code,the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,generate, at a mobile terminal, point-of-interest information;associate the point-of-interest information with a cell broadcast message identifier corresponding to one of a plurality of cells of a communication network, wherein the cell broadcast message identifier includes an area name; andgenerate a message specifying the point-of-interest information and the area name; andselectively update a connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells based on the point-of-interest information and the associated cell broadcast message identifier. 6. An apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to: receive an update message specifying an update with additional point-of-interest information, wherein the update message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications, or a combination thereof; andselectively update the connectivity graph at the mobile terminal based on the update message. 7. An apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to: cause, at least in part, transmission of the message to a location platform,wherein the message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communications, or a combination thereof. 8. An apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is further caused, at least in part, to: cause, at least in part, presentation of the area name;select the area name for association with the point-of-interest information;cause, at least in part, prompting for the point-of-interest information; andreceive input specifying the point-of-interest information.