Apple website says WiFi only iPad will geotag, but they also say only the 4G version has a GPS. How can it geotag without GPS?

Question

How can I add a new iPad?
My 90 year old Mother is getting an iPad, but she is not able to sync it. I would like to handle the syncing chores for her, on my computer. Tried this with my brother's iPad, and iTunes rejected it, saying only one device could be synced with iTunes. I can do it with my iPhone, why not with a second iPad?

Answer 1

are you asking how to add an ipad ???? or are you asking how wifi only ipads geotag??
how does a wifi only device geotag by rigor
wifi only devices scan your surroundings for the Mac addresses and ssids of your surrounding wifi networks, and most likely the power levels of those networks. they send this information to several different places, either google, apple or skyhook. i think its called skyhook, from what i recall from this question before. well anyway. once you send the list of wifi networks to them, you will get back what is most likely your gps coordinates. its not as exact as gps, though.
this technology is also used by other devices that have actual gps chips in them, like the iphone, as a way to speed up gps locates. gps you need to understand can take a few minutes to 14 minutes to actually receive the radio signals from the satellites, so surrounding wifi networks and cell phone towers and sometimes constallation maps are used to speed up the process of obtaining your location
this is what google does with all those vans you see driving around. they scan the networks and their gps corridinates for your ipad wifi. apple collects them from our iphones, because it is cheaper. this was widely reported as a bug, and the media was saying that apple was tracking your wearabouts, but it was just a bug.
this is also how a mac computer (mini, mac book air, mac book pro) can be located on icloud. it does not have a gps receiver either