Apple Maps service loses train stations, shrinks tower and creates new airport Which way now? Within minutes of the launch of the iOS6 operating system, which comes preloaded with Apple Maps, users were reporting problems. Photograph: Joseph Reid/Alamy Apple is facing its first significant failure in years with a major backlash against its brand new mapping service, introduced this week for iPhone users. Within minutes of the launch of the iOS6 operating system, which comes preloaded with Apple Maps, users were reporting that Paddington station had vanished, London had been relocated to Ontario, the Sears Tower in Chicago had shrunk, and Helsinki railway station had been turned into a park. Dublin, meanwhile, has been gifted a previously undiscovered airport. The Republic's justice minister, Alan Shatter, in whose constituency the imaginary airport has been located, has already made arrangements for Apple to be informed of the error. Airfield, a 35-acre greenfield site with working farm, formal gardens and cafe, has been designated as an airport by the Apple database, which has labelled it with the aeroplane icon it uses for genuine aircraft landing spots. In a statement Shatter said: "Clearly the designation is not only wrong but is dangerously misleading in that it could result in a pilot, unfamiliar with the area, in an emergency situation and without other available information, attempting a landing." The minister helpfully suggests alternative icons which could reduce the risk of an aircraft landing unexpectedly in his constituency. Not the Sears Tower in Chicago In context of Airfield there are a variety of possible alternative images that could be utilised such a cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower or any indeed other type of plant as Airfield operates a nursery. An aircraft is an entirely inappropriate flight of imagination. Helsinki's 'station park' Those searching for the Sears Tower in Chicago are shown a satellite image of a neighbouring, much smaller tower. The area covered by tracks and platforms at Helsinki railway station has been mistakenly coloured green, to resemble a park. Search for London, and the first location that appears is not London, England, but London in Ontario, Canada. One user who requested Paddington station was show Paddington street in London, with the mapping service unable to plant a pin on one of London's main railway stations. Tokyo Station, one of the world's largest train termini, has also disappeared. The service replaces Google Maps as the default map service on the latest version Apple's iPhone and iPad software. And because Google has not yet created a standalone mapping app that can be downloaded from the iTunes app store, those updating their phone software to iOS6 will be left without Google Maps. Apple revolutionised first the music industry and now personal computing, but its foray into cartography looks set to be less of a success. The service was created in collaboration with directories business Yelp! and TomTom, the satellite navigation device maker, which has provided the turn-by-turn navigation technology and some of the mapping data. In London, railway and tube stations are designated by identical icons, while public transport information for American cities that had been provided by Google's service is no longer available. "If being able to navigate is important to you in the near term, we'd recommend that you consider not upgrading to iOS6," warned Australian Business Traveller's John Walton. The only way that iOS6 Maps is an improvement is if you're looking for an Apple Store. These are more prominently displayed than just about anything else in the cities where they appear.