Locative Media & The City

Would the Derive have the same experience interacting within their urban environment, if they were more knowledgable about the historical facts, economics, and specifics linked to the city they're in? How does being informed about a particular place that you may be "deriving" through impact your over-all experience. Seon Hyoung Kim made a good argument for the act of derive, through wander and chance, and letting our intuitive senses be on alert as to where we should go next. "The city and being lost in the city helps to create a personal map of the space and the senses" as she puts it. I agree that thinking and reacting intuitively to our spacial surroundings based on what may stimulate our senses can be more liberating. But i also feel that there are different reasons to derive. If I desired to go to a specific landmark, say for instance, City Hall, for the sake of admiring it's architecture, I may see it differently knowing some stories or facts behind it, before arriving.. I'm just curious about how much of an impact on the derive experience there is by being more knowledgable about one's spatial surroundings versus being "lost in the city".