GPS Arrow Location services

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

I am having the same issue. I went through the list of apps using location services, and shut off the apps that it said were actively using GPS. The Apple Store app would cause the icon to come on if I have In-store Notifications turned on, even after force-closing the app. NFL Mobile, Nike+ Move, and Yahoo! Weather all cause the GPS arrow to be on even after force-closing the apps.

I just manually shut off location services for those apps in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services. Hopefully this issue is fixed whether it is a 7.1 problem or an individual app problem.

I think I found the culprit...Foursquare. Under Settings>Privacy>Location Services, turn off the GPS function for Foursquare and the previously always-on GPS arrow disappears!

Prior to the 7.1 update, I had to nanny Foursquare by manually force closing it after using it. That would then make my GPS arrow go away. Now after the 7.1 update, manually closing it doesn't shut off GPS. Now the only solution is to shut off GPS access to Foursquare completely, which is silly. Hopefully Apple and/or Foursquare fixes this. I won't be using Foursquare anymore unless it's fixed. Not worth my time.

Foursquare is the culprit for me

You can turn off location services for Foursquare in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services

Hope they fix it soon

I went to Settngs > Privacy > Location Services, then started at the top of the list of apps, deactivating them one by one. I discovers that the app Knock was causing the L.S. Arrow icon to stay on, as well as Groupon. I then re-activated the other apps.

Hopefully, the problem will be solved after apps start releasing updates for iOS 7.1

Make sure that your apps are updated. I use FourSquare daily and have not had issues with it in over a year.

I actually obsess about app updates and check the App Store multiple times daily so my apps are definitely up to date. I've had issues with Foursquare for a while now, possibly after the iOS 7.0 update but maybe before? I don't remember exactly but that's the one app that kept my GPS on all the time until I force closed it.

I'm using an iPhone 4S by the way. Not sure if my issue is specific to the 4S so I wanted to mention that.

Finally it resolved for me ... I switched of the background refresh of google app... GPS arrow turned off

Location Reporting was turned off in my Google app so it's not specific to any one app I guess. It's iOS 7.1 with certain apps that are the issue.

It appears to be a "feature" to allow location-aware apps to continue to utilise this information even though the end-user might kill the app. See http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/02/ios-7-1-fix-issue-location-based-apps.html for more information.

That is moronic! I force close apps specifically BECAUSE I don't want them running in the background and eating up my battery!

Don't use the apps that need constant location awareness. Problem solved.

This issue is eating my battery faster on my 5S.

I had to take out location access to Google, Apple Store and Moves apps.

This started happening after upgrading to 7.1

UPDATE: my issue was only with Foursquare. I uninstalled the app and immediately reinstalled. Now after I use the app and close it like normal (pressing the home button), my GPS turns off like it should. I'm thinking this could be a solution worth trying for the other apps people are having issues with.