gps
My old 2017 iPad was cellular capable but I did not have service. I used it exclusively to read and for gps directions while driving. It always showed the blue dot accurately on my location even when I was driving. I used it to navigate all over the west if I had service with my hotspot or not and I haven't had any problem with the GPS performance. The maps might be a little blurry when I had no service but the road and location were still accurate as long as I started the directions when I had wifi service.
Bought a new 2022 9th generation iPad with no cellular service and it is horrible for directions. Same technic, start directions when on wifi and using a hotspot while traveling and the blue dot lags behind my location sometime for many miles. When I turn off my cellular service on my IPhone while using maps it tracks my gps location fine if I have put in directions before I turn the cellular off. I am an Apple guy (iPhone, iPad, watch, iMac, laptop * 5 of us)but will have to migrate to something else that works if I can't get this working. Support says that it is working as expected and that the hotspot doesn't provide as good of service as cellular. Funny that they have the same cellular SIM card in them, actually the hotspot has AT&T and the phone has cricket which uses only AT&T towers but doesn't roam.
Any suggestions?
iPad, iPadOS 15