# Problem uploading a project with offline maps (\*.mbtiles) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Tags:** gh-import\ **Created:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971 "2025-05-14T03:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/1 "2025-05-14T03:23:12Z")
Hi, I am a forester and working with QField in the field šŸ˜‰ OpenGis.ch gave me the opportunity to try out ā€˜the cloudā€™. Thank you! While uploading a project (350 MB in total) with QGis 3.16-3 Hannover and the latest experimental QFieldSync version v4.0.0-beta13 the upload is not completed (it freezes at 34%). I assume it has something to do with 5 offline maps (\*.mbtiles format, the largest with a maximum of 34 MB). Is this format supported? The message log says it takes to longā€¦ When synchronizing afterwords, I got a error about aborted uploads. ## ![Schermafdruk_2021-09-17_17-44-12](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/3342d74892e1376516e0c8f54ceeed9921dd1607.jpeg) ![Schermafdruk_2021-09-17_20-32-42](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/0e63aabd1eef1926d28d9baf22cc858c013ffc3d.png) ![Schermafdruk_2021-09-17_20-07-34](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/f3741c562b2a6268853ff4a3c56e680441c71307.png) * * * _Imported from [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/opengisch/qfield/discussions/2459) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-09-17T18:42:35Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/2 "2025-05-14T03:23:13Z")
Hello field worker using QField in the field. This should unlock mbtiles support: [Add support for file-based vector tile layer sources by nirvn Ā· Pull Request #15 Ā· opengisch/libqfieldsync Ā· GitHub](https://github.com/opengisch/libqfieldsync/pull/15) * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1353435) by @nirvn on 2021-09-19T11:23:47Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/3 "2025-05-14T03:23:14Z")
Still no luck on this side šŸ˜‰ Message ā€œduurt te langā€ = " takes to long" ![afbeelding](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7c4243df94852d2f7c059ac1a37628740f599e95.png) * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1354607) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-09-19T21:06:21Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/4 "2025-05-14T03:23:16Z")
See also [Message to rename ACSII encode filename Ā· Issue #322 Ā· opengisch/qfieldsync Ā· GitHub](https://github.com/opengisch/qfieldsync/issues/322) ![PrintscreenProbleem](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/4cfadd3432ca870cf32cc3f1add41e0c9dd72603.png) * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1358787) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-09-20T18:07:41Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/5 "2025-05-14T03:23:17Z")
File-based vector tile dataset support needed a bit more love on the QGIS side of things ([[vector tile] Add encodeUri/decodeUri functions, fix bad layer handler's browse button not working for vector tile layers by nirvn Ā· Pull Request #45238 Ā· qgis/QGIS Ā· GitHub](https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/45238)), youā€™ll need upcoming QGIS 3.22 for it to be fully supported. * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1378624) by @nirvn on 2021-09-24T08:21:41Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/6 "2025-05-14T03:23:19Z")
BoswachterMarc do you by any chance have the possibility to try with the nightly builds of QGIS? * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1397131) by @mbernasocchi on 2021-09-28T15:49:45Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/7 "2025-05-14T03:23:20Z")
I should look up what that meansā€¦ * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1397748) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-09-28T17:42:21Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/8 "2025-05-14T03:23:22Z")
I tried uploading a whole project once more and again I got the message of a network time-out. This time I worked on linux mint 20 Xfce with the experimental QFieldSync plug-in v4.0.0-beta15. I did not get the problem of using ASCII encoded filename. Because of the time-out problem, **I did not upload/sync all the files at once (prefering local storage as ā€˜single source of truthā€™) but one for one. This workaround worked well and the whole project was finally synced and available in QField on my mobile.** In other words, we are ready for the field work using QFieldCloud šŸ˜‰ ![afbeelding](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/334b48fcda8abf1e0fb919e4cfa9822f59a8858e.png) * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1439192) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-10-06T22:15:06Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/9 "2025-05-14T03:23:24Z")
I uploaded a new project and invited 3 collaborators. Again, uploading all files at once didnā€™t work but one for one worked fine. Next I made some changes in the forest and synced afterwards. It all went flawless! * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1554079) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-10-28T16:31:12Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/10 "2025-05-14T03:23:25Z")
At the office, I made some small changes to the project and tried syncing back (T23:19) from local (qgis on pc) to cloud version. That moment I had another time-out and not all the changes (only \*.gpkg and \*.qgs files!) were synced at once (freeze at 98%). See printscreens. After a second sync attempt, just 2 out of 3 files were still available for sync and with the second attempt the two remaining files were also synced. ![afbeelding](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/30a9ac704b86b6670df7081bf02abf2ac9061297.png) ![afbeelding](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/b4c87d60b9dcac8aaaf97c8bcfb59bb181946354.png) * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-1555590) by @BoswachterMarc on 2021-10-28T21:27:46Z_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/1X/7d3726da0ef5099a1e135505c03d2f125d527aae.png) [@system](https://community.qfield.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [14 May 2025 03:23 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/problem-uploading-a-project-with-offline-maps-mbtiles/971/11 "2025-05-14T03:23:27Z")
In order to provide a clearer and more manageable discussion forum and to have all discussions about QField and related products (i.e. QFieldCloud and QFieldSync) in a single place, we transferred all the discussions from the QFieldCloud to the [QField repository](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions). * * * _Imported from [GitHub comment](https://github.com/opengisch/QField/discussions/2459#discussioncomment-2088869) by @marioba on 2022-02-01T13:26:06Z_