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Multi-camera systems are becoming affordable and intelligent through research and commercial application. However, few resources are available to assist software engineers in developing fully-fledged solutions using such systems. To address this lack of support the project described in this report has developed a software platform that supports effective engineering of multi-camera applications. The platform includes reusable components, specializable components, camera and application configuration meta-models and a multi-camera application development process. This process guides software engineers in utilizing the platform's components to design, implement and execute a multi-camera application. The platform was evaluated by using it to develop two proof-of-concept multi-camera applications within two different domains successfully. The applications used several types of real cameras, and were tested in simulated but realistic scenarios. The first application used two pan-tilt cameras to monitor two lanes of a simulated road section and record traffic incidents while adapting to camera failure and concurrent tasks by coordinating their view. The second used a fixed camera monitoring the inside of a simulated store and two pan-tilt cameras monitoring simulated road intersections outside the store with the outdoor cameras changing their view when a burglary is detected.