Not at all, I had just figured it out but thank you very much for the reply. So it looks like it is actually expandable up to 1TB. I can't understand why they wouldn't implament some kind of dooelr there to utilize it.
Found a direct download for a googlemaps apk and works perfect after install. Not sure if anyone has talked or posted a link but this worked for me.
https://androidapksfree.com/maps/com-google-android-apps-maps/