ions: point/multipoint,
          multipoint/multipoint, multipoint/segment, multipoint/box
        </li>
</ul></div>
<p>
      <span class="bold"><strong>Improvements</strong></span>
    </p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
          Buffer now supports flat-ends for linestrings with a bend close to the
          start (such that buffered segment crosses flat-end).
        </li>
<li class="listitem">
          Buffer performance is i