Forensic Geography and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Location-allocation analysis
Spatial analysis
Surface hydrology
Qualifications
PhD Geography (UJ 2008)
Currently teaching
GGH2603 - The Interpretation of Maps, Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images
Fields of academic interests
Forensic Geography
Food security and fortunate indices
Supply chain management
Poaching and piracy
Field of Specialisation
Geographic Information Systems
Forensic Geography
Supply chain management
Books
2015: Schmitz P, Cooper A, Kruger T, Speed K, Barkhuizen M, Lochner T and Linnen C 2015: Space Time Visualisation for Investigative and Forensic Purposes. In Robbi Sluter C, Madureira Cruz CB and Leal de Menezes PM (Eds) (2015) Cartography - Maps Connecting the World. 27th International Cartographic Conference 2015. Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-17737-3
2017: Schmitz, P. 2017, Displaying Voter Gains and Losses: Local Government Elections in South Africa for 2011 and 2016. In Peterson, M.P. (Ed) 2017. Advances in Cartography and GIScience: Selections from the International Cartographic Conference 2017, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 978-3-319-57335-9.
2017. Schmitz, P., Goncelves, D. and Jacobs, M. 2017 Mapping Community Vulnerability to Poaching: A Whole-of-Society Approach. In Peterson, M.P. (Ed) 2017. Advances in Cartography and GIScience: Selections from the International Cartographic Conference 2017, Springer International Publishing AG, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, ISBN 978-3-319-57335-9.
2019. Editors: Döllner, Jürgen, Jobst, Markus, Schmitz, Peter (Eds.) 2019 Service-Oriented Mapping Changing Paradigm in Map Production and Geoinformation Management. Part of the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series of the International Cartographic Association published by Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72434-8
2019: Schmitz P, Heymans J, Claassens A, Carow S and Knight C. 2019. Humanitarian Demaning and the Cloud: Demining in Afghanistan and the Western Sahara. In Döllner, Jürgen, Jobst, Markus, Schmitz, Peter (Eds.) Service-Oriented Mapping Changing Paradigm in Map Production and Geoinformation Management. Part of the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series of the International Cartographic Association published by Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72434-8
2019: Schmitz P. 2019. Supply Chains and Decentralized Map Productions. In Döllner, Jürgen, Jobst, Markus, Schmitz, Peter (Eds.) Service-Oriented Mapping Changing Paradigm in Map Production and Geoinformation Management. Part of the Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography series of the International Cartographic Association published by Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72434-8.
2019: Schmitz, P. and Gonçalves, D. 2019. Using GIS and cartography as part of the whole-of-society approach to determine coercion into marine wildlife poaching and piracy, Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the International Cartographic Association, 1, 18, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-1-18-2019, 2019.
Journal articles
Schmitz, P., Eksteen, S. and de Bruin, S. 2015, Towards a new way of measuring service delivery in Gauteng: Calculating a Fortunate Index. South African Journal of Geomatics, 4(3) Geomatics Indaba Special Edition pp 317-325
2015: Schmitz, P., Cooper, A., de Jong, T. and Rossmo, D., 2015: Mapping Criminal Activity Space. Journal of Intelligence Analysis, 22(2).
2016: Schmitz, P. 2016: The use of supply chains and supply chain management in the production of forensic maps using data from a fraud case. South African Journal of Geomatics, 5(2) Geomatics Indaba Special Edition pp 156-174
2018: Holloway, J.P., Ittmann, H.W., Dudeni-Tlhone, N. & Schmitz, P.M.U., 2018: From SA to the USA: Election forecasting. Orion 34 (2), pp. 83-106
2019: Peter, X.K., Jiba, Z., Schmitz, P., Ramaloko, P. & Stipinovich, J., 2019: Effects of TNT contaminated soil on vegetation at an explosive range by probing UPLC-qTOF MS profiling method. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 167 (2019) pp 324–330
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
Registered Professional GISc Practitioner at South African Geomatics Council (PGP0038)
International Cartographic Association Commission Chair: Map Production and Geoinformation Management (2015 – 2019)
Bronze Medal of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, Sponsored by Sentrachem Limited, awarded by the Science Faculty of UDW for best Master’s Thesis in 1992.
