An apparatus for creating a link-type grid fingerprint database includes a collected data processing unit for receiving positioning resource information collected from a link, which represents a path along which a pedestrian can move in an indoor space, and storing the positioning resource information in a collection DB, and a database creation unit for creating a link-type fingerprint database based on the positioning resource information and information about the link, stored in the collection DB, and storing the created link-type grid fingerprint database in a positioning DB.