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In 2011 the AuthaGraph mapping projection was selected by the Japanese [[National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation]] (Miraikan) as its official mapping tool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/exhibition/tsunagari/authagraph.html|title=The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)|work=jst.go.jp|access-date=7 February 2019|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720182129/https://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/exhibition/tsunagari/authagraph.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- As of 2015 it is used in official Japanese high school text books.<ref>http://dwl.gov-online.go.jp/video/cao/dl/public_html/gov/pdf/hlj/20120401/26-27.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> ((This is NOT what the source says - if you find a better reference, please add it both here and in the [Hajime Narukawa] article.)) --> In October 2016, the AuthaGraph mapping projection won the 2016 Good Design Grand Award from the [[Japan Institute of Design Promotion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/44527|title=World Map Projection [AuthaGraph World Map] – Good Design Grand Award|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref>

In April 2024, the [[Nebraska Legislature]] passed a bill that, if signed, would require public schools to displayuse only maps based on the [[Gall–Peters projection]], a similar [[cylindrical equal-area projection]], or the AuthaGraph projection, beginning in the 2024–2025 school year.<ref>{{cite news|title=More than 100 bills sent to Nebraska Gov. Pillen for approval in legislative voting spree|first=Zach|last=Wendling|work=[[Nebraska Examiner]]|publisher=States Newsroom|date=April 11, 2024|url=https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/04/11/more-than-100-bills-sent-to-nebraska-gov-pillen-for-approval-in-legislative-voting-spree/}}</ref>

==See also==