Location services working offline

I have an iPad 2 with Wi-Fi only. I was travelling on a highway which means that I have no access to Wi-Fi from any nearby source. My Google Maps app was on and surprisingly it constantly kept showing my current location. I understand that the Wi-Fi only model doesnt have a GPS function so then what was that thing that helped my device in locating me. *Just curious to know*
P.s.- The bluetooth was on but on a highway driving at 75 mph (120kmph) its hard to maintain a constant bluetooth connection. I have turned off my location services for all apps other than Google Maps.
Was it the crowd-sourcing Wi-Fi hotspot that was working or some NBLS method?

If you have the WiFi-only iPad your location is determined by the location of nearby WiFi routers. Location-finding is done by using a Apple location database which contains the MAC addresses of routers and their physical location. A MAC address is a unique number which is built-in to all network devices when manufactured. The Apple database is built and updated by Apple GPS-enabled devices (primarily iPhones) actually seeing routers and then adding/updating that router's location in the database.
Note that your iPad does not have to connect to routers to see their MAC addresses.

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