An area estimation apparatus 100 includes: a reception level receiving
unit 110 configured to receive, from a plurality of the radio signal
capturing terminals 40a and 40b via the network, a radio signal reception
level transmitted from the radio signal transmitting terminal 10, a radio
signal transmitting terminal ID for uniquely identifying the radio signal
transmitting terminal 10, and a radio signal capturing terminal ID for
uniquely identifying each of the plurality of radio signal capturing
terminals 40a and 40b; with a presence area of the radio signal capturing
terminals being known; a reception level storage unit 123 configured to
store the radio signal reception level, the radio signal transmitting
terminal ID and the radio signal capturing terminal ID, which are
received from each of the radio signal capturing terminals 40a and 40b,
in association with one another; and a presence area estimating unit 140
configured to refer to the reception level storage unit and to estimate
the presence area of the radio signal transmitting terminal 10, by using
at least one presence area of at least one radio signal capturing
terminal 40a identified by at least one radio signal capturing terminal
ID associated with a predetermined range of at least one radio signal
reception level.