A set of photographic prints was made in the 1980s by John McGovern, a photographer within the University of Edinburgh's department of Architecture from a series of Photographic prints which were generated as part of Patrick Geddes' "First Planning Survey of Edinburgh" (listed in this archive catalogue under Coll-1167/B/26). The scenes were arranged according to their districts, beginning with the Castle and the Outlook Tower, and then showing further scenes in four other separate districts. These are The Old Town and Holyrood (Coll-1167/B/27/1-6); The Vennel, Tollcross etc., (Coll-1167/B/27/7-10); The New Town (Coll-1167/B/27/11-16); South Edinburgh (Coll-1167/B/27/17-20); Arthur's Seat, 19th Century Villas and suburbs (Coll-1167/B/27/21-22); Outlook Tower (Coll-1167/B/27/23-25) by cataloguers at the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies during the 1980s and 1980s. This arrangement has been retained, the arrangement and numbering of the photographic prints mirroring that of the corresponding series of Photographic prints. It is unclear as to whether this series of photographic prints is made up of John McGovern's prints, or perhaps a second set produced later for the purposes of producing the "Catalogue of the Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, Vol II: The Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh by Sir Patrick Geddes" (1998) make up this series of photographs.

It is unclear as to whether this series of photographic prints is made up of John McGovern's prints, or perhaps a second set produced later for the purposes of producing the "Catalogue of the Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, Vol II: The Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh by Sir Patrick Geddes" (1998) make up this series of photographs. It would appear that these are the proofs for the 1998 catalogue.