1. A method for automated assignment of geodetic coordinates to pixels of images of aerial video, comprising: estimating a camera model for a first video frame of the aerial video; registering the first video frame to a Lidar DEM (digital elevation model) using the estimated camera model of the first video frame; iteratively refining the estimated camera model for the first video frame by composing the estimated camera model for the first video frame with the Lidar DEM registration; estimating a camera model for a next video frame of the aerial video by registering the next video frame to a previous video frame and composing the camera model of the next video frame with the previous video frame; and iterating for subsequent video frames.