Short Take: MapQuest, PetPlanet.com to launch alliance

MapQuest and PetPlanet.com plan to announce next week a 1-year, exclusive partnership that will allow PetPlanet.com to offer its customers MapQuest's digital mapping tools. Through the deal, the San Francisco-based pet company will be the only industry Web site to offer such services, and MapQuest users will be able to easily find the pet site through a prominent link on MapQuest's homepage. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.