A method of determining a location of a base station includes: receiving, at a mobile device from a location server, a base station identifier (BSID) of the base station and two or more candidate locations of the base station; receiving a signal, at the mobile device from the base station identified by the BSID; and selecting, at the mobile device, a particular candidate location from the two or more candidate locations based on a characteristic determined from the signal. A method of identifying an actual location of a base station includes: transmitting, from a location server to a disambiguating mobile device, a base station identifier (BSID) of the base station and two or more candidate locations of the base station; and receiving, at the location server from the disambiguating mobile device, an indication of the actual location of the base station from among the two or more candidate locations.