An image acquiring system (100) includes an image acquiring apparatus (101) and a terminal (111). The image acquiring apparatus (101) acquires an image recorded by the terminal (111) and position information indicating a position at which the image is recorded, determines the state of a road included in the image based on the image, and associates and stores the state of the road and the position information. If the terminal (111) transmits to the image acquiring apparatus (101), a request for information concerning the state of a given road, the image acquiring apparatus (101) transmits the determined state of the road and the position information to the terminal (111).