Personal Hotspot GPS Location Services ?

So I've set up a Personal Hotspot on my iPhone 4 for my new wifi iPad. The wifi iPad does not have it's own gps receiver. From my understanding the wifi iPad gets it's approximate location by looking up from a database of wifi locations that it is currently receiveing. I guess this wifi database is assmebled by Apple or Google or some such. I'm assuming that since the Personal Hotspot is mobile that there is no database location for the iPad to see in this case. But, the iPhone has it's true GPS location updated realtime.
1. So does the iPhone Personal Hotspot somehow communicate it's GPS location to the iPad realtime for the Location Services of the iPad? If not - then why not?
2. Is this something Apple can add in a future OS update?
3. Or, can an App be developed for this?
It would be a shame to have the Personal Hotspot GPS location known realtime by the phone but not communicated to the iPad or other devices.

JRThiele wrote:
I've seen claims on the Internet that the gps position is at least sent periodically by the iphone hotspot. ...
I have sense read that some third party portable hotspot devices do send gps data.
Out of curiosity, my (admittedly quick and cursory) Google searching couldn't find such claims about either the iPhone or other portable hotspots. Do you have any links?
Edit: My bad. I just didn't know what to search for.
I see things like this that support what you're saying:
http://www.cultofmac.com/wifi-only-ipad-2-gets-gps-when-tethered-to-iphone/86642
http://www.tabletmonsters.com/news/video-wi-fi-only-ipad-2-gps-navigation
http://www.google.com/search?q=MiFi+GPS
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