Ios8 gps arrow always on

After installing iOS8, (on my iphone 5) the GPS arrow is always on next to my battery percentage. It is causing my battery to drain. I have closed all running apps and it still remains on. Does anyone else have this problem?

UPDATE:
After reviewing my location services settings for each individual app, I realized the 2 culprits for my gps arrow being on constantly were Google and Foursquare. I changed those settings to "Never" and now the gps arrow is gone.

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Yes but then as I stated, my clock goes off by at least one hour (usually in the middle of the night leaving me to depend on an old alarm clock). To fix this, I then would have to do a manual set up for the date and time, and then it really starts to feel like a dumb phone rather than a smart phone. Surely, this is a bug that needs to be addressed?

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