Find the distances between 2 location

Nearest.java

class Utils {
    private double distance(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) {
        // haversine great circle distance approximation, returns meters
        double theta = lon1 - lon2;
        double dist = Math.sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.sin(deg2rad(lat2))
                + Math.cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.cos(deg2rad(lat2))
                * Math.cos(deg2rad(theta));
        dist = Math.acos(dist);
        dist = rad2deg(dist);
        // 60 nautical miles per degree of seperation
        dist = dist * 60;
        // 1852 meters per nautical mile
        dist = dist * 1852;
        return (dist);
    }

    private double deg2rad(double deg) {
        return (deg * Math.PI / 180.0);
    }

    private double rad2deg(double rad) {
        return (rad * 180.0 / Math.PI);
    } 
}