Patch Notes

January 12 2026

• Started exploring more PUBG telemetry events, particualrly circle movement
• Pulled out some examples for further analysis

January 11 2026

• Made some final tweakt to the PGC mapped article, and published it on Reddit!
• Started exploring visualising the longest snipe in 3D
• Used a calibrated Erangel heightmap I created to show the terrain in 3D
• Started looking at how to show the shooter and victim at their actual height

January 10 2026

• Finished the PGC mapped article!
• Made a few final tweaks to some maps
• Exported maps as images, and compressed to improve loading times
• Added maps to article
• Finished coding up article
• Made a few wording tweaks
• Added to the index and content pages

January 9 2026

• Continued finalising and exporting maps for the blog post
• Longest snipe, zoomed-in
• Most efficient win, full
• Most efficient win, zoomed in

January 8 2026

• Continued coding up the blog post
• Added in the first map - seems to look ok!

January 7 2026

• Started converting the post to the Pelican HTML format (the software used for this blog)
• Exported the full longest snipes map to an image
• Experimented with different resolutions and compressing the image in PhotoShop. Trying to balance making it clear with not having massive file sizes

January 6 2026

• Created a zoomed in version of the deaths heatmap
• Created full and zoomed in versions of the damage heatmap
• Added annotations and extra styling to both maps
• That's all the maps done! Now to finish off the post

January 5 2026

• Finished up the full 'most efficient win' map
• Also created a more zoomed in version, showing movement between buildings more clearly
• Created a deaths heatmap map
• Modified the layout to show the legend in the bottom left

January 4 2026

• Created an additional 'zoomed in' version of the PGC longest snipe map
• Tweaked the map symbology to better work with the greater zoom level
  • Reduced the size of the arrow and labels
• Created a new layout for the zoomed in map which is more rectangular
  • Set up the new layout, reduced text sizes etc. to fit better
  • Can re-use this for other zoomed in maps
• Started work on the 'most efficient win' map, showing the player who won with the least movement
• Set up the symbology and created the layout
• May add some labels next

January 3 2026

• Finished up the PGC longest snipe map
• Finished the arrow symbology
• Finished the labelling
• Created the full layout - adding titles, annotations etc.
  • I should be able to adapt this layout for the rest of the maps

January 2 2026

• Spent some time travelling back home after a nice stay with the family over Christmas!
• Transferred some data I was working on on my laptop while travelling back over to my main desktop
• Continued work on the longest snipe map styling
• Continued on the arrow symbology - looking pretty good
• Started working on labels
  • Cleaned up the data a little bit so it can be labelled properly
  • Added in initial labels for the shooter / victim

January 1 2026

• I've decided to focus on this project more this year. Let's see how far I can get in the next 12 months.
• Continued work on my 'PGC 25' mapped article
• Explored the damage distribution heatmap
• Checked out the circle positions to confirm lack of damage in the south-west of Erangel
• Wrote up text for the 'most deaths' and 'most damage' hotspots sections
• Started working on creating the final maps, starting with the longest snipe map
  • Set up a layout with the required page size, started work on the arrow / line symbology