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This projection method transfers a 3-dimentional sphere into a 2-dimensional rectangle while maintaining areas proportions. Using this method, the "AuthaGraph world map" succeeds in transferring an image of the spherical Earth to a flat surface while evenly distributing distortion. An architect, Hajime Narukawa and his collaborators invented it in 1999. AuthaGraph world map can be tiled in any directions without visible seams. From this map-tiling, a new world map with triangular, rectangular or parallelogram's outline can be framed out with various regions at its center. This map provides a perspective on decentralized world views. Just as the center of global politics, economy and culture is shifted and decentralized, this map tries to reflect such new global vision in the 21st century.