1. A method for approximating progressive image encoding of streamed images, the method comprising: vertically partitioning, by an image partitioner executing on a local computer, pixels of an original image into one or more non-overlapping vertical rows of image pixels; horizontally partitioning, by the image partitioner, the original image pixels into one or more non-overlapping horizontal rows of image pixels; separating, by the image partitioner, the original image into a first sub-image comprising pixels of a first horizontal row and pixels of a first vertical row; separating, by the image partitioner, the original image into a second sub-image comprising pixels of one of either the first horizontal row and a second vertical row, and a second horizontal row and the first vertical row; and transmitting the first sub-image and the second sub-image to a remote computer, wherein the remote computer interlaces the first sub-image with the second sub-image to create a first combined image approximating the original image.