The design of parallel GIScience applications is bound to specific conventional parallel computer architectures, such as SIMD(single instruction stream and multiple data streams) and MIMD(multiple instruction streams and multiple data streams) systems (Flynn 1966). This tight-coupleing approach is problemtic in three important respects Logic: the design of domain decomposition and task scheduling methods is focused on the characteritics of spatial data and the analysis operations that Generality: Any change to the characteristics of spatial data and operations requires a corresponding change to be made in the design and implementation of domain decomposition and task scheduling methods. This makes it difficult to develop generic parallel processing solutions for geographical analysis. Compatibility: Solutions to domain decomposition and task scheduling are dependent upong specific parallel computer architectures. A change in architechture requires a corresponding change to the solution process even if the method of analysis were held constant