You're broadcasting that information into public areas. The iPad is not collecting that information; Skyhook (or whoever) is driving around and collecting that information. If you don't want your SSID to appear in public, stop transmitting it into public areas.
I think we're conflating two different issues: (1) The gathering of SSID information in order to build a database of location beacons. (2) The use of these to locate me (my phone).
Arguably, gathering the SSID information isn't an invasion of privacy, any more than cell tower triangulation is.
Using that information so that I can figure out where I am isn't an invasion of privacy either.
Making available information about where I am (whether gathered by GPS, SSID triangulation, cell triangulation or an inertial navigation system built with the compass and accelerometer)
is an invasion of privacy.
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