What is the canonical name for these types of geometrical types?

I mean what are they called in general?

Because I want to make a superclass that encapsulates some of the attributes

They are in common sometimes.

Thanks

Jack

Quadtrees, Octrees, BSP Trees, etc. are commonly known as 'Spatial Partitioning' or 'Spatial Subdivision' methods.

Yes, is there a technical name for these types?

Or they are just called BSP in general?

Or SPT - for spatial partitioning tree whatever

class Quadtree : public SPT
{
};
 
class Octree : public SPT
{
};

Or they are just called BSP in general?

BSP is a special kind, just like Octree and Quadtree are. Liguria already said what they're called in general. BSP (Binary Space Partioning Tree) is a special variety that uses two child-nodes per subdivision, while Quadtrees splits each node into four (usually equally sized) subquadrants.

Quadtrees and octrees are not BSP. BSP stands for Binary Space Partitioning. Quadtrees and octrees are not binaries.

They all are spatial partitioning structures as said by another poster.

What you might do is something like this:

class SpacePartition{...};
class BSP: public SpacePartition{...};
class Quadtree: public SpacePartition{...};

Thanks all.