Encodes an image by finding regions of pixels within an image that are of similar light intensity.
A school project from October 2015 with partner Cheldon Coughlen
Usage (Linux):
./quadTree lena.bmp 32
try running this with different factors (3rd argument) to get different levels of compression with different data loss. Run any image that is 512px x 512px 24-bit bmp
If application needs to be compiled:
See if you have GLUT installed
ls /usr/include/GL
if glut.h is there you should be good.
Otherwise download:
sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
Make the application:
make