Cunning Running Software Ltd, a small software house mainly consisting of ex-military personnel, focuses on counter-terrorism solutions, particularly in resource deployment and area analysis. Their Rocket and Mortar Position Ranking and Analysis System (RAM-PRAS) utilizes a C++ front-end and SQL server back-end to support mission-critical tasks like data handling and geospatial mapping. The company offers adaptability within its software, allowing for updates without extensive re-accreditation processes.

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Where’s The Terrorist?
Chris Barrington Brown
Managing Director, Cunning Running Software Ltd

2. Who are we?
 Small (8 full-time, 4 part-time) Software House
in Southern England
 Mostly ex-military
 Ground-Based Air Defence (UK and Malaysia)
 Counter-MANPADS (UK, US, Australia, Morocco,
France…)
 General Counter-Terrorism (UK, and later, The
World!)
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3. What’s The Problem?
 Where will a terrorist shoot from?
 Where should I deploy my resources to stop him?
 How do I search the area?
 What help can I get from CCTV etc?
 How to I tell people what’s happening?
 How do I record my analysis for use later?
 How do I do it faster, with less people?
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4. RAM-PRAS
 Rocket and Mortar Position Ranking and Analysis
System
 C++ Front-end
 SQL Server back-end
 Esri File GDB to store mapping (Arc Engine 10.0)
 Architecture has to assume worst case, so: local
data, no network, classified output, locked down
computer, accreditation
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5. Start with a mortar
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6. Add some Rules
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7. Add some Sensors to cover the
ground
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8. What about an Active Shooter?
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9. Add some buildings to Search
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10. How to get all that to the
frontline with limited
bandwidth?
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 Create Raster backdrops as BMP, vectors as
Shapefile and coverages as PNG
 Sort and Merge using FME WorkspaceRunner
 Then create a layered PDF

11. And with FME Embedded in our
product we might as well…
 Convert incoming mapping to something Esri
understands
 Use it for Geo-Processing (save Esri Spatial and
3D Analyst licences)
 Who knows what else in future…. We can add
Workspaces to our product without recompiling
and having to be re-accredited
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12. Thank You!
 Questions?
 Delighted to demo if you’re interested
 For more information:
 Chris Barrington Brown,
b_b@cunningrunning.co.uk
 Cunning Running Software Ltd
 www.cunningrunning.co.uk
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