resolutions made possible by its 3.3m effective aperture diameter. Our chief objective is to examine both the dust and gas components of the target PNs simultaneously in the far-IR at high spatial resolutions and investigate the energetics of the entire gas-dust system as a function of location in the nebula. In this first installment of the forthcoming HerPlaNS series of papers, we present an overview of the HerPlaNS survey by focusing on the data products and their potential. Below we will describe the schemes of observations and data reduction (§\[obs\]), showcase the basic data characteristics using the PN as a representative sample (§\[6781\]), and summarize the potential of the data set (§\[sum\]) to pave the way for more comprehensive and detailed analyses of the broadband mapping and spectroscopy data that will be presented in the forthcoming papers of the series.

The Herschel Planetary Nebula Survey (HerPlaNS)\[obs\]
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                                     D        R        Dyn.Age     T$_{\rm *}$                         X-Ray
  Name        PN G        Morph    (kpc)    (pc)     (10$^3$ yr)   (10$^3$ K)    Sp.Type    H$_{2}$   Results
          120.0$+$09.8    Bbsh      1.0     0.11          4            48        \[WC8\]       Y         D
          197.8$+$17.3    Rsai      1.3     0.14          3            47         Of(H)        N       D, P
          261.0$+$32.0   Ecspaih    1.0     0.10          4            