Is gps possible on iPad mini with wifi only?

The specs for the new retina ipad mini show gps capability for only the wifi+cellular model, and not the wifi only version.
I've only ever needed wifi enabled iPads, hotspotting them with my iphone, so I'm wondering, is there any way to get the ipad to use the iPhone's cellular capability and show gps mapping?  Of course I could just use the iphone, but the iPad mini screen is much better. 

mende1, where did you get "Personal Hotspot is designed to make GPS work in Wi-Fi-only devices"? Since for location the iPod use the location of wifi router that are in Apple's database. Since the iPhone does not have a permanent location, it is not in Apple's database. This is confirmed by other posts and ggfromcp statement that "In the past I've tried this with my ipad2 and it hasn't worked".

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