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Add geometry_type to layer definition

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Description

Some renderers (like ours) require to map a geometry type to a layer. Therefore I propose to have an optional field "geometry_type" for the layer definition. The geometry_type should relate to one of the simple feature types of defined in GeoJson [1]:

> ... geometry type refers to seven case-sensitive strings: "Point", "MultiPoint", "LineString", "MultiLineString", "Polygon", "MultiPolygon", and "GeometryCollection"

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946#section-1.4

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No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the layer definition and its specification checks, then confirm that the optional field accepts the seven case-sensitive GeoJSON geometry strings and that the documented definition reflects the change.

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