# Geofile Reader: not working with relative paths

**URL:** <https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747>\
**Category:** KNIME Analytics Platform\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747 "2026-04-02T19:55:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Awiener](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/awiener/32/83275_2.png) [@Awiener](https://forum.knime.com/u/Awiener)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/1 "2026-04-02T19:55:18Z")

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Hi,

Both, Geofile Reader and Geopackage Reader, cannot read inputs from an Upload Widget. Or am I missing something here?

`…does not exist in the file system, and is not recognized as a supported dataset name.`

Thanks for any hint.

[Bug\_FileUpload.knwf](https://forum.knime.com/uploads/short-url/yoWVqY5UXrKBHjqUng4XewgyLmo.knwf) (58.5 KB)

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**Author:** ![Awiener](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/awiener/32/83275_2.png) [@Awiener](https://forum.knime.com/u/Awiener)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/2 "2026-04-14T07:50:52Z")

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if that is a bug and not a special behavior on our side, it is a real showstopper at the moment.

 ![image](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f2701f86e78c06d07eff2d7648587ffde17ff1e8.png)

```auto
ERROR GeoFile Reader 3:4 Execute failed: 'knime://knime.workflow/tmp/tyl2mkl1ma.zip' does not exist in the file system, and is not recognized as a supported dataset name.

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Any tips appreciated, @ScottF ?

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**Author:** ![ScottF](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/scottf/32/61316_2.png) [@ScottF](https://forum.knime.com/u/ScottF)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/3 "2026-04-14T14:28:26Z")

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Hi @Awiener -

I’ve asked about this internally, let me see what I can find out.

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**Author:** ![tobias.koetter](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/tobias.koetter/32/56844_2.png) [@tobias.koetter](https://forum.knime.com/u/tobias.koetter)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/4 "2026-04-15T14:21:09Z")

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Hello @Awiener ,

unfortunately the Geospatial nodes do not support the KNIME protocol. You need to convert the KNIME URL to a file path which you can do using the URL to File Path (Variable) node as shown here: [Get Local File Path – KNIME Community Hub](https://hub.knime.com/s/Qn1Qkqbt951k67rS)

Bye  
Tobias

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**Author:** ![Awiener](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/awiener/32/83275_2.png) [@Awiener](https://forum.knime.com/u/Awiener)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/5 "2026-04-15T15:30:12Z")

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Thank you @tobias.koetter , works now.

BTW, is there a timeline for a next relase of the extension? It’s been a while since the last release, and it would be great to finally have a map image export option. That would tremendously help in Report creating.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/1X/ab3ccf34482a0329361734a18199390177204f15.png) [@system](https://forum.knime.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/geofile-reader-not-working-with-relative-paths/91747/6 "2026-04-22T15:30:37Z")

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