Not when I've turned off the WiFi to conserve battery while out and about not anywhere near wifi signals. Unfortunately, because I've decided to use Bluetooth earbuds, I now leave the bluetooth radio on as well. Until then, that was kept off specifically to avoid bluetooth tracking.

GPS is just fine for Garmin, TomToms, etc. Why suddenly for a phone that has WiFi in them Maps suddenly "requires" wifi is just not convincing me of anything other than Googs wants all the data.