2. eMarketer estimates that there were 63 million location-based services (LBS) users worldwide in 2008, and expects this number to reach 486 million in 2012 YEAR LBS Users, millions % Change 2007 18.9 - 2009 61.3 224.1% 2009 134.0 118.8% 2010 215.3 60.7% 2011 329.0 52.8% 2012 486.0 47.7%